Already pissed by the biased introduction of the moderator (I’m sure that all the people cheering in the comments and on twitter have watched the entire video, just to get the context of what the police guy said), Jacobs sees a huge opening given by the police guy – and takes it with a smile, visibly enjoying such an easy target.

The police guy, not comfortable, probably never having really thought about the spy war like we have, finds himself, with his bad english and in front of hundreds of people, verbally stumbling through the discussion, not realizing the native-english speaking bird of prey circling over his head.

I perfectly understand your feelings for the police – especially in the case of Anne, herself a victim of unacceptable police abuse and abuse of power in so many levels, but I’m honestly a bit disappointed that Jacobs takes this out on this little guy. It’s like an adult kicking the child of his adversary.

Anyway… we need Jacobs, we need his firepower!

Little guys are collateral damage, just as the people finding themselves back in the public ICWATCH database, put there by an algorithm very similar to XKEY & co. After all, we are in the middle of an info war – imposed to us, without giving us the choice of the weapons and the war zone… We are just fighting back!

Ich bin auf jeden Fall auch der Meinung, dass da wer passend gewesen wäre, der/die sich vernünftig mit dem Thema auskennt, keine Frage. Dass das so allerdings beabsichtigt war, um selber besser da zu stehen, kommt mir eine Idee zu verschwörersch vor. Wäre doch auch für das gesamte Podium spannender.