Comments on: Snowden, The Pentagon Papers, And COINTELPRO http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/01/15/snowden-the-pentagon-papers-and-cointelpro/ Reality-based political commentary Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:11:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/01/15/snowden-the-pentagon-papers-and-cointelpro/#comment-45036 Chris Weigant Fri, 17 Jan 2014 07:41:46 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=8492#comment-45036 OK, here it is: http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2014/01/20/140120taco_talk_talbot -CW OK, here it is:

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2014/01/20/140120taco_talk_talbot

-CW

]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/01/15/snowden-the-pentagon-papers-and-cointelpro/#comment-45035 Chris Weigant Fri, 17 Jan 2014 07:40:14 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=8492#comment-45035 <strong>Note:</strong> I didn't realize it when I wrote this, but a very similar piece appeared in this week's <em>New Yorker</em> magazine. I think their articles are behind a paywall, but I'll try to find a link... <strong>-CW</strong> Note:

I didn't realize it when I wrote this, but a very similar piece appeared in this week's New Yorker magazine. I think their articles are behind a paywall, but I'll try to find a link...

-CW

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/01/15/snowden-the-pentagon-papers-and-cointelpro/#comment-45024 Michale Thu, 16 Jan 2014 11:07:27 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=8492#comment-45024 <I>But every time I hear someone on television suggest that Snowden should take the path that Daniel Ellsberg took, I wish someone would bring up COINTELPRO and the Citizens Commission to Investigate the F.B.I. -- because it's a much closer parallel to draw.</I> It just won't happen. Because back then, the POTUS had an '-R' after his name and, in the here and now, the POTUS has a '-D' after his name... ESPECIALLY because the POTUS in '71 was one Richard Milhouse Nixon. And the Left would rather commit hari kari before comparing Obama to Nixon.. If we had a fair and impartial MSM, then the comparison would be made far and wide... But we don't, so it isn't... It's all politics. Right and wrong ain't even on the same planet... Michale But every time I hear someone on television suggest that Snowden should take the path that Daniel Ellsberg took, I wish someone would bring up COINTELPRO and the Citizens Commission to Investigate the F.B.I. -- because it's a much closer parallel to draw.

It just won't happen.

Because back then, the POTUS had an '-R' after his name and, in the here and now, the POTUS has a '-D' after his name... ESPECIALLY because the POTUS in '71 was one Richard Milhouse Nixon. And the Left would rather commit hari kari before comparing Obama to Nixon..

If we had a fair and impartial MSM, then the comparison would be made far and wide...

But we don't, so it isn't...

It's all politics. Right and wrong ain't even on the same planet...

Michale

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/01/15/snowden-the-pentagon-papers-and-cointelpro/#comment-45017 Michale Thu, 16 Jan 2014 09:31:39 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=8492#comment-45017 As usual, your history lessons and how those actions affect us in the here and now are unparalleled... Kudos... Michale As usual, your history lessons and how those actions affect us in the here and now are unparalleled...

Kudos...

Michale

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