Edward Archive
Justin Amash’s amendment to curtail NSA spying on innocent Americans was narrowly defeated by a margin of 217-205. (SCROLL DOWN FOR FULL ROLL CALL VOTE.)
UPDATE 8/2/13: SCROLL DOWN FOR LIVE UPDATES… NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has left Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, according to Reuters.
Daniel Ellsberg, co-author of the famous internal Defense Department study “The Pentagon Papers,” and former Attorney General Michael Mukasey debate: When Edward Snowden exposed the existence of some of the National Security Agency’s intelligence gathering operations, did he help or harm America?
For those who haven’t seen it: Reuters wildly distorted out of context my comments to La Nacion about Snowden’s docs http://t.co/B6BFKCS4mK — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 14, 2013 When you give many interviews in different countries and say essentially the same thing over and
Today, a Federal Court rejected the president’s State Secret privilege claims in Jewel v. NSA and Shubert v. Obama. Until today, claims against warrantless spying have been prevented from having a hearing in court. (EFF July 10, 2013) A federal judge today rejected the
ALERT! Just in- Snowden “will leave (the airport) in the next few days…some legal papers are still required,” says Russian lawyer in Moscow — CNNNortheastDesk (@CNNNEDesk) July 17, 2013 Details: http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/17/world/russia-snowden/ 7/17/13 New interview with Greenwald: http://harpers.org/blog/2013/07/241527/ Did Edward Snowden reach out to you directly, out
In the second part of an exclusive interview with Glenn Greenwald (released on July 8th 2013) and Laura Poitras, former NSA contractor Edward Snowden contemplates the reaction from the US government to his revelations of top-secret documents regarding its spying operations on domestic and
UPDATES on Restore the Fourth activism today…Be sure to scroll down to see the rockin’ updates… Protesters plan to rally across the US on Thursday, to demonstrate opposition to sweeping National Security Agency surveillance programs. The events are being organized under a newly hatched
(Activist Post) When NSA recruiters went to the University of Wisconsin earlier this week to pitch language students on working for the agency, they got more than they bargained for. “Is there anyone you don’t consider an adversary?” The informed students turned the question-and-answer
The Bolivian president’s plane was forced to land on suspicion that he was with Edward Snowden. The tweets and news as it happened…It looks like President Obama scrambled the jets after all? The events in reports and tweets as the story unfolded... Bolivian minister: