In wake of Snowden disclosures, John le Carre slams deference to spy agencies
Famed British spy novelist David Cornwell, who writes under the nom de plume John le Carré, is well-acquainted with his subject matter. He worked for MI5 and later for MI6 until his covert identity was compromised, bringing his spy career to…
Daniel Ellsberg on Snowden, whistleblowing
“From the Pentagon Papers to PRISM.” On HuffPost Live, Dr. Daniel Ellsberg discusses Edward Snowden’s disclosure of NSA secret surveillance with hosts Ahmed Shihab-Eldin and Josh Zepps. (90 minutes, June 13, 2013).
Senate staff instructed they are not to read NSA documents published by media outlets – must self-report if they do http://t.co/vspMYtgxKz
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 15, 2013
NSA and CIA helped commercial firms develop data mining capabilities
Andrew Leonard over at Salon confirms what some of us already suspected: The National Security Agency (NSA) is not merely an end user of data collected by internet firms. NSA and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) were directly involved in…
Snowden asks Hong Kong to “decide my fate”
The South China Morning Posts reports today that Edward Snowden said last night that he wants to remain in Hong Kong and let the courts and people there “decide my fate.” This is the first the world has heard from…