America’s Anti-Greenwald Hypocrisy: Is The New York Times A “Terrorist,” Too? - FPF/Salon

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America’s anti-Greenwald hypocrisy: Is the New York Times a “terrorist,” too?
The UK government has just done to Glenn Greenwald's partner what the U.S. often condemns authoritarian regimes for.
BY TREVOR TIMM - Freedom of the Press Foundation/Salon
MONDAY, NOV 4, 2013 08:30 AM PST

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In a shocking court filing this week, the U.K. government accused journalist Glenn Greenwald’s partner, David Miranda, of “terrorism” for allegedly transporting leaked (and heavily encrypted) NSA documents from documentarian Laura Poitras in Germany to Greenwald in Brazil, on a journalistic mission paid for by the Guardian newspaper.

In a statement that should send chills down the spine of every reporter, the government made the unbelievable claim that merely publishing information that has nothing to do with violence still “falls within the definition of terrorism.”

“Additionally the disclosure, or threat of disclosure, is designed to influence a government and is made for the purpose of promoting a political or ideological cause. This therefore falls within the definition of terrorism…”

Think about the sheer breadth of that statement. Not only are several Guardian reporters and editors also guilty of engaging in “terrorism” under the U.K. government’s logic, but so are New York Times or ProPublica journalists who have received the same news-worthy documents for publication. If publishing or threatening to publish information for the purpose of “promoting a political or ideological cause” is “terrorism,” then the U.K. government can lock up every major newspaper editorial board that dares write any opinion that strays from the official government line.

No matter one’s opinion on the NSA, the entire public should be disturbed by this attack on journalism. In fact, this is exactly the type of attack on press freedom the U.S. State Department regularly condemns in authoritarian countries, and we call on it to do the same in this case.

For example...

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More: http://www.salon.com/2013/11/04/americas_anti_greenwald_hypocrisy_is_the_new_york_times_a_terrorist_too/

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1. crazy

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2. But " attention whore"!! 111!! 1 and gay!!!! 111!!!

And (insert favorite slam here)!!!

Oh and Snowden! !! 111!! And garage boxes and the ballerina!!!!! 111!

I love you Willy but the authoritarians here are NUTS!

Big K&R

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3. k/r