Cass Sunstein, the Obama confident who once headed the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, has gotten his wish according to Glenn Greenwald writing at The Intercept at FirstLook.org.
Sunstein –who defended Bill Clinton against impeachment and George W. Bush for the Military Commissions Act of 2006 before working for Obama, and who believes the First Amendment should be rewritten — notoriously proposed in 2008 having government agents infiltrate online groups and political websites to direct public opinion.
Greenwald, the journalist to whom whistleblower Eric Snowden leaked documents showing that policies were secretly changed to allow government spying on U.S. citizens, notes that the documents show that Sunstein’s plan has been implemented — and in a way that follows rather sophisticated psychological principles with the goal of discrediting people and destroying reputations.
Like, well, Snowden’s. And Greenwald’s.
Who exactly can one trust one wonders.
In a quasi-related matter, a fellow who was using the Twitter handle @GSElevator and tweeting alleged juicy first-hand tidbit involving Goldman Sachs was found to be a resident of Texas with nothing to do with the New York-based investment banking house and cradle of treasury secretaries and corrupt New Jersey governors.
The funny thing is that a whole lot of people in the New York financial community who are assumed to be super savvy and smart, believed him.
Just some things to mull around.
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