Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald and Chris Hedges on NSA Leaks, Assange and Protecting a Free Internet
FREE ASSANGE, PRESS FREEDOM, MEDIA FREEDOM INTERNET,
I Am Guilty of Violating the Espionage Act by Laura Poitras
"It is impossible to overstate the dangerous precedent Mr. Assange’s indictment under the Espionage Act and possible extradition sets: Every national security journalist who reports on classified information now faces possible Espionage Act charges" nationally and internationally.
DN!: “Financial Censorship Is Still Censorship”: Edward Snowden Slams Justice Dept. Lawsuit Against Him
"The White House is trying “to make the conversation not about the allegations,” ...“They want to talk about the whistleblower rather than the government’s own wrongdoing.”
Henry A. Giroux | War Culture, Militarism and Racist Violence Under Donald Trump
War has been redefined in the age of global capitalism: it has expanded its boundaries and now shapes all aspects of society.
Glenn Greenwald | Three New Scandals Show How Pervasive and Dangerous Mass Surveillance Is in the West, Vindicating Snowden
...three major events prove how widespread, and dangerous, mass surveillance has become in the West.
Jenna McLaughlin | Spies for Hire
How the UAE is recruiting hackers to create the perfect surveillance state.
Video | Snowden to Iowa City Audience: What are we going to do about it?
Snowden: “It was no longer narrowly targeting people suspected of criminal activity,” Snowden said. “Instead, they began watching all of us all the time because any of us could be bad or we could go bad.”
Truthdiggers of the Week: Edward Snowden and Rand Paul
From the article: Edward Snowden and Rand Paul have little in common except for one important point: They are gutsy patriots who put their reputations and careers on the line in service of their country.
▶ “When you collect everything, you understand nothing” – Snowden
“Democracy is about participation…we take risks. We dare,” he said. “Sometimes we do right and sometimes we do wrong, even if we intended to do right.” He suggested that expressing disagreement with the government is the right course of action when its behavior is perceived as“morally unjustifiable.”
▶ Michael Ratner: Obama’s Record on Defending Civil and Constitutional Rights Abysmal
Michael Ratner and Paul Jay [Real News Network] discuss Obama administration's policy towards Ferguson, Guantanamo, the NSA and torture [youtube=http://youtu.be/aXkX5TP42tg] Uploaded on Nov 26, 2014 Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page today. Rise Up Times More
Glenn Greenwald: Congress Is Irrelevant on Mass Surveillance. Here’s What Matters Instead.
The boredom of this spectacle was simply due to the fact that this has been seen so many times before—in fact, every time in the post-9/11 era that the U.S. Congress pretends publicly to debate some kind of foreign policy or civil liberties bill. Just enough members stand up to scream “9/11″ and “terrorism” over More
Trailer for ‘Citizenfour,’ Laura Poitras’ Documentary on Edward Snowden
Filmmaker Laura Poitras was already hard at work on a documentary about government surveillance when Edward Snowden reached out to her. That event would change her own life, and the world. Truthdig.com October 10, 2014 —Posted by Peter Z. Scheer [youtube=http://youtu.be/XiGwAvd5mvM] Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times More