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In reply to the discussion: Greenwald: CHENEY SHOULD BE IN PRISON, Not On 'Meet The Press' [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)As for the Greenwald hatred by some here, you may or may not know that BOA was taking bids from Private Security Contractors on smear campaigns against anyone who was writing or talking about the corruption they were trying to hide at that time. Most of the targets were 'left' groups, one of them was Glenn Greenwald, who at the time, was supporting Wikileaks exposures of corruption.
The 'plot' was revealed by Anonymous who got into an argument with HB Gary CEO, (Security Contractor) who threatened to expose Anonymous. They responded by hacking into HB Gary and putting their emails online.
Among the emails were conversations about how to 'get' people who were telling the truth about BOA among others. And one name that showed up was Glenn Greenwald.
They talked about getting info on his 'family, wife if he had one, children, what church they went, what schools his children, if he had any, went to'.
When Greenwald learned he was a target of a Security Contractor for a smear campaign he was naturally surprised. He was only a blogger at the time.
Presumably HB Gary dropped that bid after the exposure, however it is CLEAR someone else got it as the smears haven't stopped with the exposure of the one contractor's 'proposals'.
What should horrify ANYONE is that Security Contractors getting paid millions to smear journalists and whistle blowers and Liberal Organizations, is not ILLEGAL.
Instead we see people either wittingly or unwittingly actually participating in this vile practice.