I was never crazy about Greenwald, and don't care for Snowden. But some of you make me a fanboy

[scarletwoman]

62. Thanks, I appreciate your post. I actually *was* a fan of Greenwald, way back in the day.

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I only say "was" because I hadn't been reading his stuff in recent years, not because I was disaffected with his writing.

His blog was one of many that I regularly read; like the Whiskey Bar, Digby, Atrios, Michael Berube, the Agonist, Crooked Timber - and a bunch of others I can't remember just now.

I read them all daily, because I enjoyed all the different takes on the shit that was going down during the bush* maladminstration. And Greenwald always struck me as articulate and intelligent - not necessary more articulate and intelligent than Billmon of the Whiskey Bar, or Michael Berube, or Digby - but in their league in terms of presenting thoughtful analysis and points of view worth mulling over.

Well, the Whiskey Bar closed, Michael Berube ended his blog, and Greenwald moved over to Salon. I got out of the habit of reading blogs because I had been spending far too much time online, and needed to step back. I made a conscious decision to restrict my online time to DU only.

My point is, it had been a few years since I read Greenwald. I saw him a couple times on TV on Bill Moyers Journal, where I was impressed anew with his astute political analysis. And obviously Bill Moyers was, too, or he wouldn't have had him on his show.

When the whole Snowden thing went down, I thought it was a great service. I still feel that way. I was pleased to see that Greenwald was involved, because all my earlier impressions of him were positive.

However, my main concern was never about the personalities of either Snowden or Greenwald, my main concern has been about the National Security State, and what needs to be done to resist it.

The fact that there are a certain number of DUers who seem to see it as their mission to attack and discredit the messengers, and who expend enormous amounts of energy and bandwidth to do so, is dismaying to say the least. I cannot help but find their motives spurious.