Foreign Relations & International Law

Why Do Conservatives Suddenly Sound Like the Intercept Over NSA?

Benjamin Wittes
Wednesday, December 30, 2015, 2:19 PM

The first amusing thing about the Wall Street Journal’s new NSA story is that it has conservatives and pro-Israel types sounding suspiciously like Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden. Here's former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Pete Hoekstra, getting in touch with his inner ACLU lawyer:

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The first amusing thing about the Wall Street Journal’s new NSA story is that it has conservatives and pro-Israel types sounding suspiciously like Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden. Here's former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Pete Hoekstra, getting in touch with his inner ACLU lawyer:


Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.

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