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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNSA Leaks On Canadian Surveillance Coming, Greenwald Says - CBC/HuffPoCanada
NSA Leaks On Canadian Surveillance Coming, Greenwald SaysCBC | HuffPoCanada
Posted: 11/09/2013 10:48 pm EST | Updated: 11/10/2013 10:06 am EST
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Glenn Greenwald the journalist who, through his source Edward Snowden, revealed a massive domestic and foreign spying operation by the NSA says documents outlining Canadian surveillance will also be published.
The documents are quite complex. There are a lot of them. There is enormous amounts of reporting to do in Canada, one of the most active surveillance agencies in the world, because of how closely they work with the NSA, Greenwald told Brent Bambury, host of CBC Radios Day 6.
There are many, many, many more significant documents about Canadian surveillance and partnership with the NSA that will be reported and, I think, will be quite enlightening for the people of Canada.
Greenwald, whose work helped spur an international debate on surveillance and privacy, dismisses critics who claim publishing classified government documents puts people in danger.
I think not publishing the leaks puts [people] in danger because when you have a system of government in which people can exercise great power in the dark, thats what is dangerous, he said.
Terrorists have long ago known that the U.S. and U.K. governments do everything possible to monitor their communications We didnt tell the terrorists anything they didnt already know. What weve told people that they didnt already know, ordinary citizens all around the world, is that this spying system is directed not at the terrorists but at them."
'Everything should be questioned'...
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Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/11/09/nsa-leaks-canada_n_4248679.html
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NSA Leaks On Canadian Surveillance Coming, Greenwald Says - CBC/HuffPoCanada (Original Post)
WillyT
Nov 2013
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Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)1. K&R nt
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)2. He's also currently partnering with journalists in the Netherlands
WillyT
(72,631 posts)3. Yes He Is...
Can't wait for the rest to come out.
RC
(25,592 posts)4. This is becoming more and more apparent.
What weve told people that they didnt already know, ordinary citizens all around the world, is that this spying system is directed not at the terrorists but at them."
We are keeping terrorism alive as the excuse for the excessive spying.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)6. + 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!!
A conservative's wet dream.
wildbilln864
(13,382 posts)7. k & r! n/t