Pulitzer Award-Winning Journalist Thomas Ricks Goes to War Against Greenwald [View all]

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You might recall Ricks’ in depth reporting during the Bush years and the Iraq War, along with the time recently when he challenged Fox News Channel’s Benghazi reporting while on Fox News; a trespass that led to the interview being cut short by the network.

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–Russia is far worse. There essentially aren’t any warrants or court orders needed for mass surveillance of its own citizens. The Russian surveillance apparatus dwarfs the United States’ NSA, and there aren’t any protections or oversight restricting its activity. Russia has a history of imprisoning and even killing journalists and activists alike. And, while we’re here, its record on LGBT rights is atrocious.

All of these issues are squarely in the Greenwald/Snowden wheelhouse — not unrelated, random issues, but specific to Greenwald’s beat and Snowden’s mission statement. This is what makes their silence particularly deafening.

The message we’re getting here is that surveillance and authoritarianism is bad — unless there’s something in it for you. Neither Snowden nor Greenwald are brave enough to admit they need Russia and Brazil to protect them, therefore they won’t, as they say, shit where they live.

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Journalist Tom Ricks 'Beginning To Believe The Worst' About Greenwald And Snowden

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The clock strikes 13: The longer @ggreenwald and Snowden remain silent on events in Ukraine, the more I suspect their previous motives.
9:17 AM - 17 Mar 2014


All of this is a far cry from where Ricks stood in January, when he wrote that he was beginning to "edge toward Snowden." Those days, apparently, are over.

In a post published Monday on his blog, Ricks once again seemed to insinuate that Greenwald and Snowden are in cahoots with the Russians.

"Bottom line: I am no longer going soft on Greenwald and Snowden," he wrote. "In fact, rather the opposite, I am beginning to believe the worst about them. If they acting on moral beliefs, now would be the time for both of them to speak out against Putin. It could have a great impact, I think."

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/tom-ricks-glenn-greenwald-edward-snowden


Interesting...makes one wonder.