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"I'm not the same person who critiqued the Atlantic in the first place."

Apologies - I should have noticed that.

Having said that, I stand by my call for evidence of application of critical facilities if that's what's being claimed - a call to which you're risen with flying colours.

I _broadly_ agree with all of your points - but in my opinion you're selling him short with your final summation sentence "In my view, his punditry is emotional rather than analytical."

As I see it, he's built a reputation (and career) about being well-informed on security issues, and also being able to communicate those issues at a "popular media" level - perhaps sometimes oversimplifying, but almost always informing enough that a curious reader has enough knowledge and keywords to search for further information (and, like in this article, often providing many many more detailed and specific links). And while it would be even better if he provided solutions to some of the problems he writes about - educating the wider general public that the problems exist at all does a nett good for society.

Expecting him to "show leadership" (or even have any solutions) as a prerequisite to pointing out problems seems unduly onerous.




Glad we could get on the same page, even though we don't agree on some things. I try not to post snark or one-line zingers, in general, but having been through many civil liberties debates on HN sometimes I let frustration get the better of me. Thanks for your kind remarks.




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