Tag: Coleen Rowley
Snowden meets with US whistleblowers in Moscow
Edward Snowden, the whistleblower who revealed massive domestic surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA), met recently in Moscow with three prominent US whistleblowers–Coleen Rowley, Thomas Drake, and Jesselyn Radack–and Ray McGovern, a former intelligence analyst for the Central Intelligence…
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…
Coleen Rowley: James Comey “hedged” on questions at confirmation hearing
Former FBI special agent Coleen Rowley, appearing this morning on Democracy Now!, commented on the Senate confirmation hearing for James Comey, nominated by President Obama to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Coleen Rowley has some questions for James Comey
In a July 8 op-ed for the New York Times, FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley questioned the appropriateness of President Obama’s nomination of James B. Comey to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation. She pointed out that Comey, despite initial reluctance, eventually did…
Coleen Rowley: Massive spying on Americans is outrageous
As a Special Agent for the FBI, Coleen Rowley testified before Congress in 2002 about the Bureau’s failure to nab terrorists planning the 9/11 attacks. That year, Time Magazine named her one of three “Persons of the Year.” Tuesday, in…