KNOW THE TRUTH AND WE KNOW THAT
THEY LIED TO US?
NOT JUST THE U.S. GOVERNMENT,
BUT THE U.S. NEWS MEDIA?
GLENN GREENWALD HAS SEEN STORIES
LIKE THIS VERY, VERY UP CLOSE
AND PERSONAL.
HE’S THE HOST OF SYSTEM UPDATE
ON RUMBLE.
HE BROKE THE MOST FAMOUS LEAKING
STORY IN AMERICAN HISTORY, THE
STORY OF ED SNOWDEN.
HE JOINS US TONIGHT.
THANKS FOR COMING ON.
I SHOULD SAY TO LET YOU SPEAK
SINCE YOU KNOW THIS BETTER THAN
ANYONE.
WE LEFT OUT A LOT OF DETAILS
BEING REPORTED IN THE WASHINGTON
POST AND THE NEW YORK TIMES
ABOUT THE LEAKER AND WHERE THIS
ALL CAME FROM.
HONESTLY, I DON’T BELIEVE
ANYTHING.
IT’S HARD TO KNOW WHAT IS TRUE.
WE ARE ALL BEING SPUN AND LIED
TO AND WE DIDN’T WANT TO REPEAT
THE LIES.
WITH THAT, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF
THIS?
>> I CANNOT THINK OF AN INCIDENT
THAT REVEALS MORE VIVIDLY THE
REAL FUNCTION OF OUR NATION’S
LARGEST MEDIA CORPORATIONS THAN
WHAT JUST HAPPENED HERE.
IF YOU ARE A REAL JOURNALIST,
SOMEBODY DEVOTED TO
TRANSPARENCY, SHINING A LIGHT ON
THE MOST POWERFUL GOVERNMENT
ACTORS WHEN THEY LIE TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND INFORMING
THE PUBLIC, YOU WOULD BE
CELEBRATING THIS PERSON WHO
STEPPED FORWARD AND WRIST HIS
SECURITY TO SHOW HIS FELLOW
CITIZENS THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS
LYING ABOUT THIS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT WAR WITH A NUCLEAR
ARMED POWER THAT WE HAVE ACTUAL
TROOPS DEPLOYED ON THE GROUND IN
UKRAINE.
THERE WILL BE NO DIPLOMATIC
RESOLUTION THROUGH AT LEAST
2023.
THAT ZELENSKYY IS USING WEAPONS
TO STRIKE DEEP INTO RUSSIA WHICH
WE ARE TOLD WOULD NEVER HAVE
BEEN RISKING ESCALATION.
HE DID THE JOB OF WHAT
JOURNALIST CAME TO DO WHICH IS
SHOW THE PUBLIC THE TRUTH.
IF YOU WORK FOR THE INTELLIGENCE
AGENCIES, YOU WOULD BE FURIOUS
AT THIS PERSON.
YOU WOULD HATE HIM BECAUSE HE
REVEALED THAT YOU JUST LIED.
HE EXPOSED THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT
YOU WERE DOING.
WHAT’S AMAZING IS THE NEW YORK
TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST AND
ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WERE AT THE
PENTAGON BRIEFING TODAY THINK
THE WAY THE CIA AND PENTAGON
THANKS THEY HATE THIS PERSON.
THE NEW YORK TIMES AND
WASHINGTON POST DID THE FBI’S.
AND FOUND THE LEAKER AND LET THE
FBI TO HIM.
THEY ARE DEMANDING HE BE
PUNISHED.
THEY ARE DEMANDING THAT THE
GOVERNMENT CLAMP DOWN AND KEEP
THINGS MORE AND MORE SECRET.
WHAT KIND OF JOURNALIST WOULD DO
THAT?
WHAT WOULD WANT TO EXPOSE AND
PUNISH AND DEMAND THAT THE
GOVERNMENT KEEP EVEN MORE
SECRETS?
THAT IS WHAT THESE MEDIA
CORPORATIONS ARE THERE TO DO.
THEY LOVE LEAKS WHEN THE CIA AND
HOMELAND SECURITY TELL THEM TO
LEAK.
THAT’S WHEN THEY DISSEMINATE
PROPAGANDA TO THE PUBLIC LIKE
THEY DID DURING THE TRUMP YEARS
WHEN THEY LEAKED THE TRANSCRIPT
BETWEEN MICHAEL FLYNN AND
AMBASSADOR FOR THE SERIOUS
LEAKING CRIME.
THE WASHINGTON POST DID THAT.
NOBODY LOOKED FOR THE LEAKER AND
NOBODY CARED.
EVERYBODY CHEERED BECAUSE IT
SERVED THE INTEREST OF THE
SECURITY STATE.
WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSPARENCY
THAT UNDERMINES THE AGENDA OF
THESE AGENCIES AND PROVES TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE WHAT THE TRUTH
IS, IT’S AMAZING THAT THESE
JOURNALISTS ARE ON THE SIDE OF
THE GOVERNMENT AND WILL ACTUALLY
HUNT DOWN THE LEAKER AND DEMAND
THAT HE BE PUNISHED EVEN MORE.
>> I JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW
ANY JOURNALIST COULD COLLABORATE
IN HIDING THE FACT THAT WE ARE
IN A DIRECT HOT WAR WITH RUSSIA.
MAYBE YOU SUPPORT THAT AND MAYBE
YOU DON’T.
HOW COULD YOU HIDE SOMETHING
THAT SIGNIFICANT?
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FACT OF OUR
GENERATION FROM THE PUBLIC.
HOW COULD YOU DO THAT?
>> THE ONLY ANSWER IS THAT YOU
DON’T ACTUALLY HAVE A
JOURNALISTIC MINDSET.
YOU FAR MORE IDENTIFY WITH YOUR
JOB AS WORKING FOR THE
GOVERNMENT THAN WORKING FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT JOURNALISM
STORIES, IT’S INSIDERS LIKE
DANNY HALLSBURG THAT SEES THAT
THE GOVERNMENT IS LYING TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT THE WAR IN
VIETNAM.
SAYING WE ARE WINNING WIN IN
REALITY WE ARE LOSING.
HE GOES AND SHOWS THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE THE TRUTH.
OR EDWARD SNOWDEN OR JAMES
CLAPPER FALSELY DENIED THE NSA
WAS SPYING ON AMERICAN PEOPLE.
HE HAD THE EVIDENCE IN HIS HAND
AND WRIST SECURITY TO SHOW THE
TRUTH.
THE SAME THING WIKILEAKS DID.
THIS IS WHAT YOU CELEBRATE AND
JOURNALISM.
ART JOURNALIST, THE MEDIA
CORPORATIONS, HATE THIS BECAUSE
THEY WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
THAT IS THE TRUE ALLEGIANCE.
>> YOU HAVE TO DEFEND TRUTH
TELLERS.
YOU CANNOT BET LYING IF YOU HAVE
AN ENTIRE COUNTRY BASED ON LIES.
IT DOES NOT END WELL.