Rusbridger And The Money Trail

As one of our readers pointed out via a linked article he posted in his comment (see 'Wreck Stuff' blog article here) - there is such a thing as 'over-fit' where people drawing conclusions from theories that could be seen as 'conspiracy theories,' needlessly include 'hot button' things extraneous to what is required to make the actual theory fit into the observed picture.

Over-fit can be misleading. And the fact of being misled at all could take you away from the critical, even the sometimes dangerous aspects.

I mean why do we talk about any of these kinds of political things at all, really? You know - why at all, anyway?

Well, it is because they have a crucial part to play in understanding what money is doing at any given geopolitical 'time.'

Can the price of gold rise? Can and will the price of silver rise? Can BitCoin rise more? What is the future of digital currencies? What about inflation or deflation? ...And so on.

Alan Rusbridger - the chief managing editor of The Guardian at the time Edward Snowden was leaving the West with his information, and Chelsea Manning handing over troves of material to Julian Assange - is a very sophisticated (and important) example of the strategic analysis dangers of 'over-fit' to any 'theory.'

Alan Rusbridger - when he was chief editor
at The Guardian

Rusbridger basically 'let Assange down.' He 'backed him in,' as far as to get Assange to work through The Guardian as the privileged mainstream conduit, and then dumped him when Rusbridger (along with some other big name media corporations) chose to bend to the conditions and controls of the US Intel agencies' panoply concerning the most significant Manning-origin data trove.

Now Rusbridger is one of the most intelligent people in the whole world today; no question. But he is conflicted by his elevated position, and his previous 'good relations' with the US Intel people and government. He has wealth and he has lifestyle and he has position. Everyone can have an ego and even if Alan Rusbridger would like to keep his own ego 'on balance' just how do you turn on your previous 'friends' let's call them, and say to everyone, well, those guys are criminals and cold-blooded murderers who acted with no legitimacy in certain cases...?

That kind of stand takes moral backbone which can see the peril of the likely consequences, and still stand up straight.

This is not 'conspiracy' - not any kind of dark conspiracy, which is needed to explain things: this is stock standard ordinary daily lifestyle impact decisions with a moral dimension.

Rusbridger would lose money, power, friends, reputation among the elite - in short, everything he was enjoying - for being a journalist who acted 'without fear or favor.'

Typical engineer's or consulting manager's conveyance...

In Australia, there are opaque rules called 'Journalist Information Warrants' which are roughly-speaking, similar to the US FISA Court warrants; except that these also empowered Federal Police to intimidate reporters, journalists, basically anyone who has any sensitive material that is regarded as 'to be kept secret' by government (and of course, which could or might damage the reputation and/or power of the government at that given time).

'The money trail' just leads to people who are in love with money. For me, because they are illegitimately using government mechanisms of power to suppress knowledge going to the public (at basic minimum) - it's not their money; it's yours.

Now... We can get money ourselves too, you know. If we knew what game others were playing at and that we needed to start 'playing against' them. Even though others are continuously seeking to have it all for themselves all the time.
  
Yeah... Why do I get the feeling things are about to change in ways the 'elite' and the mindless drones who have been propping them up all these decades, do not have the wit to perceive is coming down the pipeline?