U. Eco on wikileaks...and DID TRP see everything??..everything?? related to these themes?

[Alex Colter]

"So why so much ado about these leaks? For one thing, they say what any
savvy observer already knows: that the embassies, at least since the end of
World War II, and since heads of state can call each other up or fly over to
meet for dinner, have lost their diplomatic function and, but for the
occasional ceremonial function, have morphed into espionage centres."

Perhaps they have simply *re-morphed* into such? One could almost certainly
argue that Embassies served as 'espionage centres' throughout the Cold War,
and during the build up of the first and second World Wars..?
Pynchon is an acute observer of History, so one imagines these 'recent'
changes would hardly surprise him (or indeed any student of History).

On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

> RT @evgenymorozov Umberto Eco: 'embassies...have lost their diplomatic
> function
> and...morphed into espionage centres'http://j.mp/hqe13n
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