From late October to early December 2013, Columbia law professor Eben Moglen delivered a series of four lectures on the significance of Edward Snowden’s disclosures about the N.S.A.‘s until-then secret spying programs.… Read more
Michael Hayden explains that “probable cause” is not in the Fourth Amendment
At the time this video was shot (2006), Hayden was Deputy Director of National Intelligence. He had been NSA director and was nominated to head the CIA. More than any other human being, he is the surveillance state personified.
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Snowden exposed fundamental government crime. Period.
Shamai Leibowitz, a convicted and jailed FBI whistleblower, argues in a Guardian essay that the U.S. government’s vindictive war on leakers of conscience is backfiring. It’s a good piece, worth reading.… Read more
“Look what we’ve done to ourselves”: My father on 9/11
NOTE: This was originally written as an op-ed piece for a daily newspaper. It was rejected by The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe.
When people ask … Read more