Glenn Greenwald Will Not Be Hired by Brookings Anytime Soon

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Glenn Greenwald’s mini-discourse on the completely fallible Foreign Policy Community is the smartest and most thought-provoking thing I’ve read this week. Attendant readings include the Samantha Power memo that spurred Greenwald’s thinking and and the Matt Yglesias blog post that echoes Greenwald and adds another angle.