12 years ago this week, Bush opened the Guantanamo prison, pretending it was beyond the reach of laws against torture… Continue reading PBC News & Comment: After 12 Years, the Myths of Gitmo Linger
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Elvis would’ve been 79 yesterday, as we note that White House conversations on spying don’t include key NSA whistleblowers…. Continue reading PBC News & Comment: What Would Elvis Do About Government Spying
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Robert McGuire of the Center for Responsive Politics joins us to detail the Koch brothers expose from the January 5 Washington Post… Continue reading Center for Responsive Politics and Washington Post Uncover Koch Brothers’ Secret Political Networks
President Obama is meeting with a range of people, including the ACLU and critical senators, about changes to surveillance programs… Continue reading PBC News & Comment: Obama Mulls NSA Changes, Talks to Critics
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Journalist Nick Turse reports on quadrupling of US special operations forces worldwide since 2001; next target: our very own “homeland”… Continue reading PBC News & Comment: Nick Turse Reveals Expanded Footprint of US Special Ops Forces
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Sen. Bernie Sanders asks the question we’ve been pounding for months: are top elected leaders being spied on by NSA?… Continue reading PBC News & Comment: Finally, Bernie Sanders Pops the Million-Dollar Question!
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Cindy Cohn, legal director of Electronic Frontier Foundation, joins me and Sibel Edmonds to recap the exposure and confirmation of massive NSA spying on Americans in 2014. Continue reading Boiling Frogs: Cindy Cohn of Electronic Frontier Foundation Recaps Government Surveillance Disclosures
NY Times joins Guardian in calling for clemency or reduced charges for Snowden; EFF’s Cindy Cohn calls for constitutional fix…. Continue reading PBC News & Comment: Snowden “Has Done His Country a Great Service”
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In podcast #1,000–our last of 2013–we examine Obama’s year-end press conference, his masterful spin on tough NSA questions…. Continue reading PBC News & Comment: My 1,000th Podcast, Last of 2013!
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Obama pardons 13, commutes 8 crack offender sentences; Putin frees 2,000 in Russia, Sean Penn brings American home from Bolivia…. Continue reading PBC News & Comment: Obama, Putin and Sean Penn Free Prisoners
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