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Edward Snowden gets a new job
Moscow newspapers reported today that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has been hired to perform website maintenance for “an unidentified major online resource” in Russia.
Senator Feinstein Ignores 9/11 Findings in Rationalizing NSA’s Massive Surveillance
by Coleen Rowley. More than a few bizarre aspects jumped out at me when I attended the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on October 2. Instead of providing needed oversight of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in light of shocking…
Thought for the day, Sept. 3
Henry David Thoreau said, “It takes two to speak the truth–one to speak and the other to hear.” Today, it takes three to tell the truth: One to speak, one to hear, and one to defend the first two in…
Kiriakou calls for end to McCarthyist treatment of whistleblowers
In an op-ed for The Guardian, imprisoned CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou rebukes President Obama for engaging in “modern McCarthyism” by using the Espionage Act to persecute whistleblowers.
You may be a whistleblower and not know it
The public image of a whistleblower is of an employee who witnesses wrongdoing and takes the information public. Subsequently, the world comes crashing down on them as their employer retaliates. But, that’s not always how it plays out. Some workers…
Video shows NSA Director Alexander denying reports of now-confirmed domestic surveillance
A video broadcast by Democracy Now! argues for some house cleaning at the intelligence agencies, starting at the top. The video shows National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander denying the existence of domestic surveillance programs revealed by Edward Snowden, the…
AG Holder tells Russians Edward Snowden would not be executed or tortured
Attorney General Eric Holder has written the Russian government to allege that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is not entitled to asylum. In a July 23 letter, Holder was dismissive of fears that Snowden would be tortured or executed.
The Price of Blowing the Whistle
by Julia Davis Edward Snowden set the world ablaze with revelations of overreaching surveillance, conducted by the American government against its own citizens. The excuse of “national security” often allows powers-that-be to avoid public scrutiny, effectively ending the discussion. However,…