Bletchley Park accused of airbrushing Edward Snowden from history | World news | The Guardian

Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago to News
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Kelsey Griffin, Bletchley Park's director of communications, said the exhibition was likely to avoid any mention of Snowden. "It is not within the remit of Bletchley Park trust to make political statements," she said. "We are very much a heritage institution and involved with education. So that will be the focus of the cyber-security exhibition – drawing lessons of the past for the future."

Museum consultant and Bletchley Park trustee Hilary McGowan said the trust had not directly discussed Snowden. "We have discussed cyber security and its importance in the modern world – that's as close as we've got to discussing Snowden and what he's done. I'm not sure acknowledging him would be the right thing to do, that might imply we approve of his actions."

So....we longer approve of those who risk life and limb to tell the truth about their government. Hmmmp.

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  • Posted by jrsedivy 11 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I noticed this as well. My initial reaction was that I had a hard time believing it especially given how interested the media was in the story.
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  • Posted by dbhalling 11 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    This site is devoted to reason, logic, Rand's ideas, freedom and capitalism. Clearly Hiraghm you do not understand any of these ideas. Your language is as repulsive as your ideas. Please spread your hate somewhere else.
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  • Posted by MattFranke 11 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Hiraghm, the second paragraph in your comment is repulsive. I reveals your inner conflict on a disturbing level. When I hear something like that from some dumb, ignorant, ends-justify-the-means, type-of-moron, it makes me angry. When I hear it from a fairly smart, well-spoken, sharp-minded patriot, such as yourself, it makes me sick and disappointed on a whole different kind of level. I can't even effectively convey it, other than to say 'I can't believe I had to hear in the Gulch.' Too bad. :-(
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  • Posted by $ Susanne 11 years, 4 months ago
    Something strange about an event 70 yers ago airbrushing a current event. Is someone bending the time/space continuoum behind our backs, or is it just me that finds this whole thing kinda strange...

    Oh, nevermind, it's in the Guardian. That says it all.
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    He should have stayed here??? To be silenced, or worse? What's his medicine exactly? And who isn't our enemy at this point? Our own government is, so what's your point.
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  • Posted by Lucky 11 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Difference- Assange named persons in vulnerable locations thus putting their lives at risk. More arguable, the motive appears to be spite. Snowden identified what is probably illegal activity, and in the monitoring of leaders of allies, maybe not illegal but bad behavior at best.
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    Posted by Hiraghm 11 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Assange was an enemy of the U.S. stealing our information to give to our enemies. Snowden, at least, let us know what our government was doing to *us*. And when he ran to our enemies after blabbing, he became just another traitor. I'm glad to know how the NSA is spying on citizens, but the rest of the world doesn't need to know what we're doing to spy on them.

    The CIA can be systematically anally raping FOREIGN 2 year olds in front of their parents to get information from them... don't care. Though I may care a little if it's Israeli or British children.

    But if our government violates the protections afforded our rights by the Constitution... that's a big deal.

    If you want Constitutional protections, give your people a republican form of government and apply for membership as a State in the union.
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  • Posted by $ WillH 11 years, 4 months ago
    Hilary McGowan would have us believe that Snowden never came up in a discussion about modern cyber security?

    Yeah, I would call BS on that pretty quick. IMO they talked about him, discussed how "the public" might cry, who might get offended either way, and just decided to avoid the whole thing.
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