Do you want a definition of torture?
So you thought torture ended when President Obama came into office and casually said, using the past tense, “Yeah, we …
Tag Archives: Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden meets John Oliver
This interview, and many others that Snowden has given, show that Snowden gives far more thought to his arguments about secrecy and surveillance, than his opponents give to theirs.
Federal court: Snowden was right
A U. S. federal appeals court ruled on Thursday, May 7, that Snowden is correct: NSA collection of phone records …
National security in the twenty-first century
Without fail, secrecy breeds distrust. When you withhold information from other people, who ought to know what you know, you keep …
Further thoughts on Snowden, NSA, and 9/11
Greenwald to publish list of U. S. citizens NSA spied on When I first read that Glenn Greenwald plans to …
Remarks from Citizenfour, in exile
Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, and Edward Snowden got together for an online chat with interested followers on Reddit recently. You’ll …
What happens when you exile your best people
Dissidents stand for freedom. Two of the greatest proponents of freedom in our time, Julian Assange and Edward Snowden, are …
Thankful we have the NSA to protect us
“NSA is a professional foreign-intelligence organization with a highly trained workforce, including brave and dedicated men and women from our …
Man up
This is a man who has betrayed his country. He should man up and come back to the U. S…. The fact …
What have we learned from Edward Snowden’s disclosures?
A few things we have learned from Edward Snowden’s disclosures, and their aftermath: U. S. intelligence officials know that we …
Always faithful
I have argued many times that loving your country and supporting your government are not the same thing. “Now is …
NSA believes U.S. law prohibits some intelligence activities!
Here’s another interesting report from the Snowden files. Apparently the Australians helped the NSA with surveillance of a Chicago law …
The Jeffersonian 