Mike McConnell, the WashPost & the dangers of sleazy corporatism

Mike McConnell, the WashPost & the dangers of sleazy corporatism

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In a political culture drowning in hidden conflicts of interests, exploitation of political office for profit, and a rapidly eroding wall separating the public and private spheres, Michael McConnell stands out as the perfect embodiment of all those afflictions. Few people have blurred the line between public office and private profit more egregiously and shamelessly than he. McConnell's behavior is the classic never-ending "revolving door" syndrome: public officials serve private interests while in office and are then lavishly rewarded by those same interests once they leave. He went fr

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Former head of NSA calls for the internet to be "re-engineered" so as to eliminate anonymity and track down contributors to sites like wikileaks. (Taken from reddit headline.)


Well kids, you heard it from the top. The powers that be would really, really, like to stop people from being able to report their evil deeds.

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