Tuesday, 20 August 2013

Freedom of the press?

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/britain-forced-guardian-destroy-copy-snowden-material-222933670.html

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/19/david-miranda-detention-schedule7-editorial

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10253417/Encrypted-computer-files-seized-from-David-Miranda-were-from-US-whistleblower.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/20/us-usa-security-britain-idUSBRE97J0CN20130820?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=992637

As people noted when King Charles I was beheaded, if this is how a king is treated, what did that mean for the rest of the public? If this is how a noted journalist is treated, what does this trend mean for the rest of us small, unprotected writers?

And, the US government knew about this situation before it happened. We live in increasingly perilous times. Where are the states, the countries, which value freedom? This is scary, as this is personal and not professional.