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  1. Nov 2015
    1. Bodies were still lying in the streets of Paris when CIA operatives began exploiting the resulting fear and anger to advance long-standing political agendas. They and their congressional allies instantly attempted to heap blame for the atrocity not on Islamic State but on several preexisting adversaries: Internet encryption, Silicon Valley's privacy policies and Edward Snowden.
  2. Feb 2015
    1. Hvordan er det mulig å skrive så mye tull samtidig som påstår man står for noe som er så uendelig viktig? Vedtatte fakta? Hvem er det som vedtar fakta og hvordan blir fakta som har vært vedtatt plutselig avslørt som løgn om det var vedtatt faktum? Historien er ikke sann fordi stater sier at slik er det bare. Å vedta noe som fakta burde på ingen måte bety at det ikke kan bli vedtatt som den største løgn like etter. Jorda var flat må man huske. Det var vedtatt fakta,var det ikke?

      For noen er religion vedtatt fakta. For andre er vitenskap vedtatt fakta. Religion har en ting vitenskap ofte mangler,den vingler ikke riktig like mye. Om man bare går 50 år tilbake i tid vil man se at kanskje så mye som 50 % av det som var vedtatte vitenskaplige fakta den gangen,er tilbakevist nå.

      Journalisten skriver her som om han ønsker all ytring velkommen,men snakker åpenbart ikke styresmakter og systemer imot.

  3. Jan 2015
    1. We were supposed to be saving the world by helping to promote democracy, but it seemed clear to me that many people, even in countries like Belarus or Moldova, or in the Caucasus, who could have been working on interesting projects with new media on their own, would eventually be spoiled by us.

      Applies to these activities wherever undertaken, including any country in the West, he just so happens to be interested in former Soviet Block countries

    2. But a lot was in the open—cyber-attacks by the US government, for example. Already by 2006 or 2007 it was crystal clear that there were dedicated units within the Department of Defense whose job was to take down the websites of jihadists and other foes, even if there was typically tension between the Pentagon and the CIA, which wanted to derive intelligence from them so didn’t want them taken down.

      Which has grown into something quite else, because while it may not be possible to control the Internet by controlling every router, it is possible to effectively control the Internet by control the volume and direction of propaganda and cyber attacks. In other words it is possible to have a pivotal influence.

  4. Jul 2014