annje42

I am horrified by the way that the Obama administration and present USG is treating whistleblowers and investigative journalists, not just Snowden but others such as Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange, Jeremy Hammond & Barrett Brown. This excessive assault on truth-tellers is just one symptom of a government and president out of control in desire for absolute power and control; also so clearly demonstrated by the NSA and Stratfor revelations. What can the average American citizen do to try to bring our government back under our control - to demand and get accountability and true protection of our constitutional rights? It feels hopeless right now. I see no difference among the politicians, regardless of whether they say they are democrat or republican, liberal or conservative. They're all mouthing the same rhetoric.

I'm very suspicious of Omidyar - his record is very poor - but I agree you on giving Greenwald, Poitras, and Scahill the benefit of the doubt for now. I hope you are right: that they are able to exercise real independence or are willing to walk if they don't get it. Corporate conflict of interest can be extremely insidious. Look at the situation in academic research.

Thank you! I think my Congressional representative already thinks I'm a nuisance, given the number of emails he's gotten from me on topics ranging from the TPP to copyright issues to the USA Freedom Act, but if that's what it takes... What concerns me is thesevere lack of decent candidates who are even willing to listen and that those few are almost always independents who get lost in the face of powerful party politics and their media partners.