Sensitivity training at Sandia; Snowden’s future
Some say in ten years, no one will know who Snowden was. People who care about freedom will know who Snowden was a hundred years from now.
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Stay out of their way
I know the word criminal conveys more contempt than one would like, but crimes include blatant violations of the Constitution, and of the rights we hold under the Constitution.
James Clapper and the agony of American democracy
We’re happy to hear the Russians swung the election, J. C. We admire you for your perspicacity. Now invite Mr. Putin over for a congratulatory drink. Give him a signed copy of your book.
Interesting slide presentation about Russian hackers
The language and spirit are Snowden’s, so I’ll pretend Snowden wrote it, even though the presentation came from Canada’s Communications Security Establishment.
Why Edward Snowden remains important four years later
Government does not undertake its projects in secret for your benefit. It acts in secret for its own benefit, to protect its own power and privileges, and to commit crimes too serious and brazen to commit in the open.
Snowden vs. Epstein
For some reason, the Wall Street Journal decided to give extra exposure to Epstein and his book about Snowden, How America Lost Its Secrets: Edward Snowden, the Man and the Theft.
JFK and Snowden: two films by Stone
Someday we will recognize who the traitors were, and who were the patriots who acted to protect their country.
Why Edward Snowden remains an important figure three years later
Government does not undertake its projects in secret for your benefit. It acts in secret for its own benefit, to protect its own power and privileges, and to commit crimes too serious and brazen to commit in the open. It only needs to act in secret because it wants to do things the Constitution and other law prohibit it from doing at all.
Edward Snowden three years on
President Obama’s policy is to jail whistleblowers and protect the people who manage his national security state. Presidents have become so accustomed to serving the national security state’s interests now, that is how they see their job.
America’s reputation: Obama’s latest concern
President Obama observes that violence at Trump’s rallies threatens to tarnish the “American brand,” as he calls it. Yes, that …
Edward Snowden Interview on Apple vs. FBI, Privacy, the NSA, and More
What an irony of our time: the only way Edward Snowden can exercise his right of free speech is under protection of the likes of Vladimir Putin. Listen to him explain here how government tries to defeat efforts to protect privacy, and how it tries to coerce private companies to defeat encryption when it cannot do so itself.
Corroboration, credibility, and numbers
No strength of numbers can unite people who know Snowden, Drake, and Manning speak the truth, who can corroborate what they say, since the law says they must go to prison if they reveal government’s secrets. They face the same choice, alone, that civil resisters face under the national security state: be quiet or go to jail.
The Jeffersonian 