Wednesday, August 07, 2013

[vccxucjr] Preventing the creation of patriots

The standard technique for avoiding future whistleblowers like Manning and Snowden is to prevent such people who feel they have a patriotic duty from accessing sensitive information.  What prior tests can detect such patriotism?

A far more dastardly technique is to prevent the existence of such patriots entirely.  This seems difficult, perhaps in the realm of sci-fi.  Speculate how it might be done, and look around in reality for evidence that it is actually happening.

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