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NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: “I don’t want to live in a society that does these sort of things”
Guardian's Glenn Greenwald talks to Edward Snowden, the source behind the NSA files about his motives for the biggest intelligence leak in a generation
Former CIA Analyst: Snowden Did The Right Thing
Ray McGovern: NSA whistleblower Snowden courageous defender of liberty.
“On a Slippery Slope to a Totalitarian State”: NSA Whistleblower Rejects Government Defense of Spying
Democracy Now! speaks with William Binney, a former top official at the National Security Agency, and Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian journalist who has broken the NSA spying stories.
Debate: Supreme Court OKs Unfettered DNA Collection – An Invasion of Privacy or a Blow to Crime?
In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the police can collect DNA samples from people they arrest even before they are convicted of a crime.
Coalition of Immokalee Workers Targets Wendy’s in Fair Food Campaign to Improve Wages, Conditions
Hundreds of farm workers and their supporters are in New York City ahead of Wendyu2019s shareholder meeting to demand improved working conditions for those who pick its tomatoes.
Monitoring of AP Phones a “Terrifying” Step in State Assault on Press Freedom
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges joins us to discuss what could mark the most significant government intrusion on freedom of the press in decades.
Angela Davis and Assata Shakur’s Lawyer Denounce FBI’s Adding of Exiled Activist to Terrorists List
One day after the exiled former Black Panther Assata Shakur became the first woman named to the FBIu2019s Most Wanted Terrorists list, weu2019re joined by another legendary African-American activist, …
In Mexico City, Protesters Denounce Obama Deportations
ANDALUSIA KNOLL, PRODUCER, TRNN: On his first visit to Latin America since he started his second term, President Obama met with new Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to discuss …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Banksters Are Cashing in Off Their Own Disaster, and More
In today's On the News segment: The big banks are buying up distressed real estate by the boat load, and renting or selling it back to the public for …
Glenn Greenwald on Boston Marathon Arrest: Will We Deny Constitutional Rights in the Name of Fear?
Constitutional lawyer and Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald joins us to discuss the legal issues surrounding the case of the marathon suspect.