The Syrian Blogger was a hoax!
Blogger was actually a
40-year-old American man.
"The problem there is that those [real] people just aren’t dramatic enough. He gave us a better story, a better character. He had a great narrative arc going."
:: Start HERE; then HERE;
:: MORE for background.
# Hey, Maxwell Smart!
*Shadow Internet in a Suitcase*
for dissidents in Iran and similar situations.
I still have one persistent Iranian reader
who might be interested in this ;-)
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