Snowden: ‘I Saw The Constitution Was Violated On A Massive Scale’
Edward Snowden spoke via satellite to the South by Southwest Conference in Austin telling the crowd that the U.S. government has no idea what material he shared with journalists. “I saw that the Constitution was violated on a massive scale,” Snowden said to applause, adding that his revelations of government spying on private communications have […]
Edward Snowden says he expressed his NSA concerns internally numerous times before he went his own way. …Snowden said he repeatedly tried to go through official channels to raise concerns about government snooping programs but that his warnings fell on the deaf ears. In testimony to the European Parliament released Friday morning, Snowden wrote that […]
Don’t ever refer to Glenn Greenwald as “blogger Glenn Greenwald.” Whenever some poor bastard in the traditional press describes him as such, he strenuously objects in classic Greenwaldian fashion, usually involving the word “drooling” and 5,000 others, give or take. He’s a journalist, dammit, not a blogger. And don’t you forget it, mister. In fact, […]
Clapper: We Can’t Stop Another Snowden
February 24, 2014
In an exclusive interview, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says the U.S. can’t stop another Snowden. http://t.co/PRs5P6Y4X3 — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 24, 2014 Now read this:Germany’s Ex-Chancellor Put Under Surveillance After Opposing U.S. Iraq Invasion (Feb 4, 2014) The 13 Most Bizarre Things From The Guardian’s Forthcoming Snowden Book (Feb 4, 2014) […]
Google, Ford, Capital One And More Outrage-free, Underreported Examples Of Corporate Spying
February 20, 2014
Since June, when the first leaks from Edward Snowden went public and a debate about the National Security Agency’s activities resumed, there’s been very little, if any, discussion about the unchecked, unaccountable use of corporate surveillance against consumers and citizens in general. Corporations engaged in the collection of customer data are each their own NSA, […]
Glenn Greenwald and Ryan Gallagher published a triple-shot of revelations from Edward Snowden’s stolen National Security Agency files yesterday, titled “Snowden Documents Reveal Covert Surveillance and Pressure Tactics Aimed at WikiLeaks and Its Supporters,” and as we’ve come to expect, the claims in the article are scattered and utterly misleading, while contravening details are predictably […]
NSA Division Chief Accused Of Beating 3-Year-Old Adopted Son To Death
February 19, 2014
Bob O’Callaghan became a division chief at the National Security Agency after having fought in Iraq. He was considered a “loving” father who adopted a 3-year-old Korean boy. O’Callaghan is chief of the Korean Division and has top-secret intelligence clearance. It is a background that made allegations revealed in Montgomery County District Court on Tuesday […]
Snowden Elected Rector Of University Of Glasgow
February 18, 2014
Unlike American schools, where the rector designates the chairman of the governing body, it’s largely symbolic at Glasgow. The rector does serve as the chairman of the University Court, which administers the university’s financial resources, but the position lacks voting power. “The term rector in Scotland doesn’t refer to someone who has substantive power, so […]
Spy Chief Clapper: We Should Have Told You We Spy On You
February 18, 2014
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper now says the government should have acknowledged collecting data on Americans in the first place. In an exclusive interview with The Daily Beast, Clapper said the problems facing the U.S. intelligence community over its collection of phone records could have been avoided. “I probably shouldn’t say this, but I […]
Polk Award To Journos Who Broke Snowden Story In Guardian, WaPo
February 17, 2014
The conservative side of the aisle have generally been dismissive about the Polk Award as a “liberal” honor, but this year’s honor will divide libertarians from national security fetishists: it is being awarded to Ewen MacAskill, Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras (the three pictured to the right), and Barton Gellman, who exposed details of mass surveillance […]
