Comment Clueless out of context reporting... (Score 1) 117
Really?
"The company tried to get clearance to fly balloons over Venezuela, which would have made it easier to travel to other parts of South America, but the country's authoritarian government would not allow Loon to do so, one former employee said"
First of all, how is the assertion that Venezuela has an "authoritarian" government even relevant? First of all, it's a false assertion since Venezuela is a democratic republic with elected officials. The lack of context comes down to the fact that Venezuela has been the victim of illegal unilateral US sanctions and open attempts at overthrowing the government or decapitating its duly elected leaders. Can we agree that they have a reason to be careful?
So tell me, why would Venezuela allow overflights of their territory when they know the US military will be collecting information in order to attack it militarily?