WashPost Makes History: First Paper to Call for Prosecution of Its Own Source (After Accepting Pulitzer)

by PPJC Admin2 | September 19, 2016 | PPJC Picks

by Glenn Greenwald The Intercept Three of the four media outlets that received and published large numbers of secret NSA documents provided by Edward Snowden — The Guardian, the New York Times, and The Intercept –– have called for the U.S. government to allow the NSA...

The ACLU is launching a campaign to pardon Edward Snowden

by PPJC Admin2 | September 14, 2016 | PPJC Picks

by Adi Robertson The Verge Several human rights organizations will soon launch a campaign urging President Obama to pardon NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, coinciding with the premiere of the Oliver Stone biopic based on his life. Motherboard reports that the...

Dear Mr. Holder: Why Ed Snowden can’t get a Fair Trial in your National Security State

by PPJC Admin2 | June 2, 2016 | PPJC Picks

By Juan Cole Informed Comment Former US Attorney General Eric Holder said in an interview that what NSA whistle blower Edward Snowden did was illegal but added “”We can certainly argue about the way in which Snowden did what he did, but I think that he actually...

Chomsky, Snowden, Greenwald on Privacy in the Age of Surveillance (Video)

by PPJC Admin2 | March 28, 2016 | PPJC Picks

By Lauren McCauley Common Dreams What is privacy and what is an individual’s right to it? That is the question that renowned linguist and MIT professor Noam Chomsky, National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden, and Intercept co-founding...

Edward Snowden, supporters, unveil anti-spying ‘Snowden Treaty’

by PPJC Admin2 | September 30, 2015 | PPJC Picks

By Ned Resnikoff Al Jazeera America Privacy activists, including National Security Agency contractor-turned-leaker Edward Snowden and journalist Glenn Greenwald, announced the launch of a new campaign on Thursday to establish global privacy standards through an...