The state targets dissenters not just “bad guys”
Glenn Greenwald
“I Have Been to the Darkest Corners of Government, and What They Fear Is Light”
On Thursday 6 June 2013, our fifth day in Hong Kong, I went to Edward Snowden’s hotel room and he immediately said he had news that was “a bit alarming”
There are few things in life more ironic than being accused by U.S. Generals, including those who participated in the war in Iraq, of being responsible for the loss of lives
Greenwald reacts to winning Pulitzer
Journalists Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras and Ewen MacAskill hold a press conference in New York after winning a Polk Award
Western intelligence agencies have plotted ways to covertly use social media for ”propaganda,” “deception,” “mass messaging,” and “pushing stories”
Over the last 40 years, the U.S. government has relied on extreme fear-mongering to demonize transparency
Don’t run around acting as though the US is some sort of stalwart opponent of political repression and human rights violations when the exact opposite is so plainly true
As always with Obama, it remains to be seen whether his words will be followed by any real corresponding actions