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Former Intelligence Officials, Citing Russia, Say Big Tech Monopoly Power is Vital to National Security
Glenn Greenwald at Substack ^ | 4/20/22 | Glenn Greenwald

Posted on 04/20/2022 8:21:29 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...

When the U.S. security state announces that Big Tech's centralized censorship power must be preserved, we should ask what this reveals about whom this regime serves.

A group of former intelligence and national security officials on Monday issued a jointly signed letter warning that pending legislative attempts to restrict or break up the power of Big Tech monopolies — Facebook, Google, and Amazon — would jeopardize national security because, they argue, their centralized censorship power is crucial to advancing U.S. foreign policy. The majority of this letter is devoted to repeatedly invoking the grave threat allegedly posed to the U.S. by Russia as illustrated by the invasion of Ukraine, and it repeatedly points to the dangers of Putin and the Kremlin to justify the need to preserve Big Tech's power in its maximalist form. Any attempts to restrict Big Tech's monopolistic power would therefore undermine the U.S. fight against Moscow.

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(Excerpt) Read more at greenwald.substack.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: 1984; authoritarianism; biden; bigtech; bigtechbrainwashing; bigtechlobbyists; chuckschumer; deepstate; fascism; frantownsend; govtmediatechcomplex; greenwald; jamesclapper; leonpanetta; mediabias; michaelmorrell; orwell; russia; technofascism; ukraine; zelensky; zelenskyy
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1 posted on 04/20/2022 8:21:29 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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To: House Atreides; kiryandil; Arcadian Empire; EEGator; NorseViking; JonPreston; Navy Patriot; ...

O’Brien “1984” (2022 Globalist Deepstate):

“Winston, if you have serious concerns about what the Main Stream Media is telling America about the war in Ukraine, what is and isn’t propaganda, and about Zelenskyy being in bed with Soros, Klaus, Biden, etc, what does that make you? Answer me!!!”

Winston: A Putin supporter?

O’Brien:

“Winston, How many fingers do you see? Four or five?”


2 posted on 04/20/2022 8:23:00 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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I can think of a few CReepers that would agree.


3 posted on 04/20/2022 8:23:14 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Its All Over Except ...

Never let a crisis go to waste.


4 posted on 04/20/2022 8:23:22 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Is tbis for real?


5 posted on 04/20/2022 8:25:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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6 posted on 04/20/2022 8:25:59 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Its All Over Except ...
From the article:

"Note that this censorship regime is completely one-sided and, as usual, entirely aligned with U.S. foreign policy. Western news outlets and social media platforms have been flooded with pro-Ukrainian propaganda and outright lies from the start of the war."

7 posted on 04/20/2022 8:28:56 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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What you said...


8 posted on 04/20/2022 8:30:39 PM PDT by WinstonSmith1984 (The DOJ is a far left militia.)
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The Russia Russia Russia BS will never end from the commie wannabes.


9 posted on 04/20/2022 8:31:33 PM PDT by TygertLane
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This Ukraine war has been CIA op from the beginning.

Lies lies and more lies. I believe not a word.


10 posted on 04/20/2022 8:32:03 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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Absolutely vital.

Where would we be without AOL, NetFlix, America Online, or Geo Cities


11 posted on 04/20/2022 8:32:13 PM PDT by algore
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To: BenLurkin

Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.


12 posted on 04/20/2022 8:35:09 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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To: Its All Over Except ...

The only counter to Putin’s lies and propaganda is the vigorous free exchange of ideas.


13 posted on 04/20/2022 8:35:21 PM PDT by Alvin Diogenes
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To: BenLurkin

Is this for real


there are no coincidences

Barack Obama
@BarackObama
Tomorrow, I’m heading to Stanford to deliver a speech about changes in the way we create and consume information, and the very real threat it poses to democracy.


14 posted on 04/20/2022 8:41:29 PM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: Alvin Diogenes

The powers aligned in their support for Biden, Zelensky, etc, obviously don’t believe that.


15 posted on 04/20/2022 8:44:08 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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Admiral Michael S. Rogers
Former Commander, U.S. Cyber Command
Former Director, National Security Agency

After he reputedly warned Donald Trump, then resigned, then went silent, I wrote him off as a “white hat”.

I have never changed that opinion.


16 posted on 04/20/2022 8:44:41 PM PDT by YogicCowboy (I know what I like, and like what I know.)
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https://babylonbee.com/news/picard-suspended-from-twitter-for-saying-he-sees-only-four-lights/


17 posted on 04/20/2022 8:51:04 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: YogicCowboy

Speaking of Admiral Rogers, I wonder if John Durham has interviewed him in his investigation?


18 posted on 04/20/2022 8:52:27 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
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BS! This is gaslighting by Deep State operatives whose mission is to assist the Great Reset and destroy the U.S.

Every one of them is an enemy of liberty! They’re wasting O2.


19 posted on 04/20/2022 8:55:00 PM PDT by TigersEye (Is it time for a general strike yet?)
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Hard to get people to go along with endless wars in Ukraine and elsewhere if the deep state can’t control the conversation. Hence the fear of Musk and free speech.


20 posted on 04/20/2022 8:55:22 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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