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Attorney for Edward Snowden Interrogated at UK Airport, Placed on “Inhibited Persons List”
A lawyer who represents Snowden was recently detained while going through customs at Londonu2019s Heathrow Airport. Jesselyn Radack joins us today to tell her story.

Julian Assange on Being Placed on NSA “Manhunting” List and Secret Targeting of WikiLeaks Supporters
Amy Goodman: We speak to Assange live from the Ecuadorean embassy in London, where he has sought political asylum since 2012.

The Killing of Jordan Davis: Michael Dunn Faces 60 Years After Split Verdict in “Thug Music” Trial
A Florida jury has convicted Michael Dunn of three counts of attempted murder for opening fire on a car of unarmed black teenagers during an argument over loud rap …

Debate: Was Snowden Justified? Former NSA Counsel Stewart Baker Vs. Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez host a debate on former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden and his disclosure of the massive spying apparatus the NSA operates in the …

NSA Whistleblower: USA Freedom Act Will Not Go Far Enough to Protect Civil Liberties
Former NSA intelligence analyst and whistleblower Kirk Wiebe says that the NSA has lived a mostly unconstitutional existence, and that any oversight will require an independent group to have …

Death by Metadata: Jeremy Scahill and Glenn Greenwald Reveal NSA Role in Assassinations Overseas
In the first expose for their new venture, First Look Media's digital journal The Intercept, investigative journalists Jeremy Scahill and Glenn Greenwald reveal the National Security Agency is using …

Why You Should Care About El Salvador’s Presidential Elections
Like it or not, the past and present of the US is tied to the fate of "El caminito."

Open Letter to WV Inmates: Beware of Private Prisons Before Signing Away Your Rights
The prisoners themselves would play a critical role in making this scheme by having to sign away their right to be incarcerated and rehabilitated within the state of West …

“Honor the Treaties” Honored the Celebrity
Discussion of the treaties was eerily absent in the media's appraisal of Neil Young's "Honor the Treaties" tour.

President Obama, You Are Invited to Visit Arizona’s Operation Streamline at the Federal Courthouse
24 human rights activists put their lives and liberty on the line to end this for-profit scheme called Operation Streamline.