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In reply to the discussion: Pierre Omidyar - Libertarian GG's Libertarian Billionaire Boss [View all]Whisp
(24,096 posts)1. The 4 questions:
http://thedailybanter.com/2013/12/why-wikileaks-doesn/
The 4 Questions Glenn Greenwald and Pierre Omidyar Still Havent Answered
Ben Cohen on December 13, 2013
To summarize, here are the questions Omidyar and Greenwald have yet to answer:
1. Will Greenwald accept that theres a conflict of interest in entering into a business partnership with Omidyar whose existing business is in an alleged partnership with the NSA?
2. If so, will Greenwald release any and all documents pertaining to PayPals collaboration with the NSA, if they do indeed exist?
3. Are there any contractual agreements with Omidyar about the release of the remaining NSA files and NewCo? Will Omidyar and Greenwald publish them for the public to see?
4. Will Greenwald pledge to cover any potentially corrupt Omidyars business practices and hold him and his NSA collaborating business to the same standards he has everyone else?
Greenwald is an expert at applying ludicrously high standards of transparency and accountability to anyone he chooses to focus his laser-like attentions on. When it comes to himself, not so much evidently.
This is how he responded to Sibel Edmonds, founder and president of the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition, when she asked him to clarify exactly what he knew about Paypals cooperation with the NSA:

The 4 Questions Glenn Greenwald and Pierre Omidyar Still Havent Answered
Ben Cohen on December 13, 2013
To summarize, here are the questions Omidyar and Greenwald have yet to answer:
1. Will Greenwald accept that theres a conflict of interest in entering into a business partnership with Omidyar whose existing business is in an alleged partnership with the NSA?
2. If so, will Greenwald release any and all documents pertaining to PayPals collaboration with the NSA, if they do indeed exist?
3. Are there any contractual agreements with Omidyar about the release of the remaining NSA files and NewCo? Will Omidyar and Greenwald publish them for the public to see?
4. Will Greenwald pledge to cover any potentially corrupt Omidyars business practices and hold him and his NSA collaborating business to the same standards he has everyone else?
Greenwald is an expert at applying ludicrously high standards of transparency and accountability to anyone he chooses to focus his laser-like attentions on. When it comes to himself, not so much evidently.
This is how he responded to Sibel Edmonds, founder and president of the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition, when she asked him to clarify exactly what he knew about Paypals cooperation with the NSA:

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Guy's not perfect, but he's one of the few billionaires interested in supporting democracy.
Octafish
Jun 2014
#3
eBay Shrugged: Pierre Omidyar believes there should be no philanthropy without profit
Whisp
Jun 2014
#4
Libertarians like Omidyar and Greenwald believe in completely unfettered free markets. nt
Cali_Democrat
Jun 2014
#23
Half of the article on DailyPaul that you linked to is from Infowars
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2014
#20
You may think Stormfront and infowars are okay to link to here now, but I don't
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2014
#43
GG and Co. give a shit about domestic spying. It's a ruse, it's bait for the gullible.
Whisp
Jun 2014
#29
No, I'm saying Omidyar and Co. are using people's fear for profit. Just like the NRA.
Whisp
Jun 2014
#32
I disagree wholeheartedly. I am seeing the same kinds of reactions from the groups.
Whisp
Jun 2014
#40
Ah. So all his experience in cyber security is null and void if he profits from it?
Cerridwen
Jun 2014
#44
Then the Vanity Fair article from 2004 will really make things tough for you.
Cerridwen
Jun 2014
#56
So if someone's boss isn't ideologically pure enough for anonymous internet dudes
riderinthestorm
Jun 2014
#34
There's a lot of distance between ideologically pure and filthy money grubbing ghoul. n/t
Whisp
Jun 2014
#38
Since when do "investors" in Kiva make anything from their "investments?"
Jackpine Radical
Jun 2014
#53