As always with any discussion of elite immunity, it's crucial to note that what makes this development such a particularly warped travesty is that the very same elites who enjoy this immunity have created the world's largest, and the Western world's most oppressive and merciless, penal state for ordinary citizens.
Glenn GreenwaldWhat we revealed is that this spying system is devoted not to terrorists, but is directed to innocent people around the world. None of this has anything to do with terrorism. Is Angela Merkel a terrorist?
Glenn GreenwaldI'd like to vote for the candidate similar to the one the Right absurdly claims Obama is.
Glenn GreenwaldSnowden has enough [sic] information to cause harm to the U.S. government in a single minute than any other person has ever had. The U.S. government should be on its knees every day begging that nothing happen to Snowden, because if something does happen to him, all the information will be revealed and it could be its worst nightmare.
Glenn GreenwaldNobody has the right to shield any idea as so sacred it canโt be challenged. ... Almost all human progress is driven by people who stood up and said โI disagreeโ with this idea that society at the time considered to be the most precious.โ
Glenn Greenwald