Many of the benefits from keeping terrorism fear levels high are obvious. Private corporations suck up massive amounts of Homeland Security cash as long as that fear persists, while government officials in the National Security and Surveillance State can claim unlimited powers and operate with unlimited secrecy and no accountability.
Glenn Greenwald0
Next quotes
Glenn Greenwald:
'Terrorism' itself is not an objective term or legitimate object of study, but was conceived of asGlenn Greenwald:
The highest compliment one can give a writer is not to say that one wholeheartedly agrees with hisGlenn Greenwald:
An elite class that is free to operate without limits - whether limits imposed by the rule of law oGlenn Greenwald:
We know that U.S. voters, and world leaders, allow Obama extraordinary leeway when it comes to deadGlenn Greenwald:
It is true that the Internet can be used to disseminate falsehoods quickly, but it just as quicklyGlenn Greenwald:
It's always easy to get people to condemn threats to free speech when the speech being threatened iGlenn Greenwald:
You can't cheer when political officials punish the expression of views you dislike and then expectGlenn Greenwald:
Free speech rights means that government officials are barred from creating lists of approved and dGlenn Greenwald:
The virtue of gay equality has become increasingly recognized in the U.S. because people have beenGlenn Greenwald:
Whatever one thinks of the justifiability of drone attacks, it's one of the least 'brave' or courag