Comment by zaroth
4 years ago
It’s funny to think that the purported justification for the order against reading Wikileaks news was actually believed by anyone who heard it.
“Don’t read this - it’s for your own good! Just reading it could cause you to have to report against yourself! No really!”
Total rubbish of course.
I was on a camp trip one time with a bunch of Spooks, and the mental gymnastics they went through to justify spying on regular people was nauseating. I can imagine the directive to avoid reading any news also gives you a one sided view about the subject.