Global Corruption in the Age of Technological Transparency
Technology is both a blessing and a curse, but its role in exposing government corruption is hard to ignore.
Tagged: Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden: Straining the Quality of Mercy
by Creon Critic The NY Times Editorial Board does their best to present the argument that Edward Snowden’s disclosure of classified US documents makes him a whistleblower, and that further, Snowden deserves clemency or...
Driving Blind: Detain and Hold
In the UK, government officials threaten legal action against a newspaper for reporting on state secrets. In the U.S., the executive editor of The New York Times does a Q&A on, among other things, why she’s not actually a mean person.
And Then Glenn Greenwald’s Partner was Detained
The most recent development in the ongoing public debate about the U.S. and allied governments’ surveillance programs.
Driving Blind: Militarized Education and the NSA
How Edward Snowden decided who to leak to and the road to educational serfdom.
Sullivan Goes off on Russia and Snowden
Regarding Russia’s decision to allow Edward Snowden to leave the airport, Andrew Sullivan lets loose a series of ridiculous statements.
Thank You Mr. Snowden, Also You Are a Coward and a Scoundrel
Conor Friedersdorf is calling out a particular kind of illogic in his recent post on “Privacy Moderates.” Specifically, he cites those who think both that the current surveillance regime needs to be altered and...
Well, his name does start with “Snow”
Writing in The Toronto Star, Thomas Walkom argues that Canada should provide sanctuary for Edward Snowden: “By all rights, Snowden should be a Conservative poster boy. He has upheld the rights of the individual against...
Anonymous Source Says
The APs Kimberly Dozier reports that two anonymous officials and one unnamed “lawmaker” believe terrorist groups have altered how they communicate since the information contained in Edward Snowden’s leaks became public.
Circling the Drain in the NSA Surveillance Debate
(The middle section of this post is a thorough re-statement and critique of David Simon’s argument that their are few “legitimate” concerns that can be raised regarding the NSA’s collection of metadata and web...
Snowden is an Idiot and Possibly a Traitor
Time permitting, I’ll try to comment on Charlie Rose’s interview with President Obama. Meanwhile, here’s a post up at The Atlantic by Matt Schiavenza. Both what he has to say, and the comment section below...
Let the Character Assassinations Begin
It comes with the territory obviously, but its predictability doesn’t make it any less ridiculous or frustrating. Jeffrey Toobin and David Brooks have fired the first shots, outlining the many failings of Edward Snowden because...
How Metadata Could Have Squelched The Civil Rights Movement
Perhaps it would be of interest to the ongoing discussion about NSA accumulation of phone use metadata to see how some math gets mixed with metadata in a relatively simple universe. Professor Kieran Healy does...
