They were highly involved in the past too. I think this trope that the US used to be a beacon of freedom but now is devolving is nonsense. It's always been roughly the way it is now. "Freedom and democracy" were PR tools for the cold war. Research "cointelpro". What's different today is that knowledge of this state of affairs has become easy to acquire. That's why there's this drive to censor speech.
While the developments lately have been ... troubling, I can’t shake the feeling that Greenwald has been partisan ever since Wikileaks started supporting 45 over his opponent.<p>Does he truly believe he’s above the fray? Or does he enter into it while pretending not to?<p>On topic: I remember when the patriot act was introduced and everyone on /. said it would lead to this. Well, it has; is there a realistic way of regaining privacy and liberty while maintaining stability in an adversarial word? Interested in opinions other than my own, especially if any of you are inside the beltway.