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Glenn Greenwald: As Obama Makes "False" Surveillance Claims, Snowden Risks Life to Spark NSA Debate June 18, 2013
Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian journalist who broke the NSA surveillance story earlier this month, joins us one day after both President Obama and whistleblower Edward Snowden gave extensive interviews on the surveillance programs Snowden exposed and Obama is now forced to defend. Speaking to PBS, Obama distinguished his surveillance efforts from those of the […]
A Medical Ethics-free Zone? Guantánamo Doctors Urged to Stop Force-Feeding Hunger-Striking Prisoners June 18, 2013
As the prison-wide hunger strike at Guantánamo enters its 133rd day, a group of top U.S. doctors and public health specialists are calling on their colleagues in the military to boycott the mass force-feeding of prisoners. In an article for The New England Journal of Medicine, three professors from Boston University write: "Physicians at Guantánamo cann […]
Headlines for June 18, 2013 June 18, 2013
Edward Snowden: NSA Leaks Motivated by "Litany of Lies" from U.S. Officials, Obama Claims Domestic Spy Programs are "Transparent", China Demands Explanation for U.S. Internet Surveillance, Apple Admits Receiving Thousands of Requests for User Data, Russia, U.S. Remain at Odds on Syria After Talks at G8, Obama Announces Talks for Massive F […]
Turkish Unions Hold National Strike as Protesters Face Worst Crackdown to Date June 17, 2013
More than 800,000 people are believed to be taking part in a national strike by Turkish unions in protest of the government's crackdown on nearly three weeks of protests. The strike follows a weekend that saw the protests' worst violence to date. On Sunday, around 400 people were arrested as police used tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets in […]
Long Before Helping Expose NSA Spying, Journalist Laura Poitras Faced Harassment from U.S. Agents June 17, 2013
Journalist Laura Poitras is being described as the connection between the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and the reporters for The Guardian and The Washington Post who published his leaked documents about government surveillance. Poitras shared a byline on two of the key articles about the ongoing NSA revelations, and filmed the Guardian interview in Hong […]
As World Awaits U.S. Reaction to NSA Leaks, Movement Emerges to Support Edward Snowden in Hong Kong June 17, 2013
As Edward Snowden is believed to remain in Hong Kong while facing an ongoing U.S. investigation, hundreds of protesters there braved heavy rain Saturday in a show of support. We're joined by Charles Mok, a legislative councilor representing the Information Technology Functional Constituency of Hong Kong, and Tom Grundy, an activist and blogger who organ […]