Linkage

• The Banality of Systemic Evil (New York Times) Why people Like Snowden, Bradley, and Swartz are crucial to keeping our society from becoming totally sociopathic.
• Excerpts From The Mad Scientist’s Handbook: So You’re Ready to Vaporize a Human (Scientific American)
• Former NSA and CIA Michael Hayden is Batsh%$ Insane (Washington Post)  Seriously, "Gmail is the preferred Internet service provider of terrorists worldwide?" What is he smoking?
• Obama's NSA surveillance review panel did not discuss changes  at their first meeting (The Guardian) So not surprised.

We live in strange times. H/t DC at the Stellar Parthenon BBS for the pic.