Thoughts on Snowden, NSA, and more
As I write this, I sit at the counter of the bookstore at Busboys & Poets at 5th & K IN DC. For those who do not know it, B&P is a chain of restaurants owned by Iraqi-American Andy Shallal, named for Langston Hughes, who was both a busboy and a poet. Andy is very left in his politics. The original store at 14th and V has a bookstore run by Teaching for Change. Those in the other three stores, now gearing up, are un directly. I work weekends in both.
i mention this because hanging all the stores is a banner that says FREE BRADLEY MANNING. That seems appropriate in light of the news of the past few days, intensified with Snowden deciding to come forward and reveal his identity.
Below the fold I want to pul together several sets of thoughts, starting with those previously posted as comments on the posts of others, then adding perhaps a few additional thoughts.
I will note only this - tomorrow I sign a contract to teach at North County High School in Glen Burnie MD. It is less than ten miles from Fort Meade. Many of the students I teach will have one or more parents who work at NSA.
i mention this because hanging all the stores is a banner that says FREE BRADLEY MANNING. That seems appropriate in light of the news of the past few days, intensified with Snowden deciding to come forward and reveal his identity.
Below the fold I want to pul together several sets of thoughts, starting with those previously posted as comments on the posts of others, then adding perhaps a few additional thoughts.
I will note only this - tomorrow I sign a contract to teach at North County High School in Glen Burnie MD. It is less than ten miles from Fort Meade. Many of the students I teach will have one or more parents who work at NSA.