AlterNet / By Max Blumenthal
Exposing the Dark Forces Behind the Snowden Smears
Who is planting anti-Snowden attacks with Buzzfeed, and why is the website playing along?
Since journalist Glenn Greenwald revealed the existence of the National Security Agency’s PRISM domestic surveillance program, he and his source, the whistleblower Edward Snowden, have come in for a series of ugly attacks. On June 26, the day that the New York Daily News published a straightforward smear piece on Greenwald, the website Buzzfeed rolled out a remarkably similar article, a lengthy profile that focused on Greenwald’s personal life and supposed eccentricities…
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