Wapo Editorial Board: Stop Reporting Snowden Leaks!

[Jessy169]

3. The really BIG issue related to the Snowden leaks isn't getting much discussion.

WHY is the NSA doing all this monitoring and data collecting??? That's the BIG issue.

Answer:

The Pentagon knows that environmental, economic and other crises could provoke widespread public anger toward government and corporations in coming years. The revelations on the NSA's global surveillance programmes are just the latest indication that as business as usual creates instability at home and abroad, and as disillusionment with the status quo escalates, Western publics (environmentalists, right-wing anti-government "patriot" groups, etc...) are being increasingly viewed as potential enemies that must be policed by the state.

You may (or may not) have missed this article:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/earth-insight/2013/jun/14/climate-change-energy-shocks-nsa-prism

Bottom line: Serious shit is coming down the pipeline. Whether Snowden is a hero or a traitor is a minor, trivial point in the larger context. This isn't about Snowden or his revealing to us what we already knew, just in starker terms than before. This is a warning shot over the bow.