Panel discussion challenges the rhetoric that national security requires that governments can access individual communications.
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This post was originally published on Common Dreams. See more of Jon Queally’s posts here. With never-before-seen documents accompanied by new reporting on Monday, The Intercept‘s Glenn Greenwald and Andrew Fishman are…
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Powerhouse Panel Discussion on Surveillance State and War on Whistleblowers: Alexa O’Brien, Robert Manne, Julian Assange, Glenn Greenwald, and David Coombs
Ideas at the House: Panel – The War on Whistleblowers and Their Publishers: “US Journalist and activist Alexa O’Brien and Australian commentator Robert Manne are joined by video conference with Wikileaks founder…
Via the Guardian, Greenwald writes that the UK authorities targeted his partner as punishment for Greenwald’s journalism: At 6:30 am this morning my time, I received a telephone call from someone who…
In the days since publishing bombshell articles revealing the NSA’s secret spying on all Americans’ phone calls, chats, and emails, Glenn Greenwald has been appearing on mainstream U.S. media outlets to challenge the notion that the his scoop is traitorous or a threat to national security: “Yeah, I’ll put it into context for you. The White House talking points that you’re using are completely misleading and false.”
Glenn Greenwald took time out of his busy day to do an interview with Luke Rudkowski, while he was on his way to Washington D.C. The two discussed possible solutions to the problems we’re facing and his personal reasons for getting involved.
Via WeAreChange
Via WeAreChange
Via Alternet: Once the government is able to monitor everything we do and say, we will be unable to fight back. Editor’s note: The following is a transcript of a speech delivered…