Along similar lines, I'd like to recommend Archon Fung's thoughts on
Snowden and what it means for American democracy and journalism ...

https://www.bostonreview.net/blog/what-snowden-affair-tells-us-about-american-democracy


On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 4:36 AM, Jacob Appelbaum <ja...@appelbaum.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> What we're seeing in Der Spiegel, The Guardian, Washington Post and
> other select publications is the birth of new threat models - not just
> for activists but for all of civil society, parliamentarians, companies
> and more. This is a threat model that "many have known" and yet at the
> same time, there is clearly new stuff. For one - we're seeing
> confirmations of things that have been denied in public - we're also
> learning the names of things, which now made public, may be FOIA'ed by
> name as well as pushing for disclosures. This is where we'll see if
> America will shine - when the information comes out, will we be able to
> use our democratic process to turn this disaster around? I'd like to
> think so - that is why I worked on these pieces - hope is not lost.
> Though hope alone is not a strategy.
>
> I think this may be of interest to people on the list:
>
>   http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/index-7028.html
>
>
> http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/snowden-enthuellung-verbindung-zur-nsa-bringt-bnd-in-erklaerungsnot-a-909884.html
>
>
> http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/us-lauschangriff-opposition-macht-druck-auf-merkel-a-909871.html
>
> For non-German speakers I suggest the following English links:
>
>   http://www.spiegel.de/international/topic/whistle_blowers/
>
>
> http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/whistleblower-snowden-claims-german-intelligence-in-bed-with-nsa-a-909904.html
>
>
> http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/edward-snowden-accuses-germany-of-aiding-nsa-in-spying-efforts-a-909847.html
>
>
> http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/snowden-reveals-how-gchq-in-britain-soaks-up-mass-internet-data-a-909852.htmlv
>
> My interview with Snowden is available as a leaked pdf on cryptome in
> German:
>
>   http://cryptome.org/2013/07/snowden-spiegel-13-0707-en.htm
>   http://cryptome.org/2013/07/snowden-spiegel-13-0707.pdf
>   http://cryptome.org/2013/07/snowden-spiegel-13-0707-2.pdf
>
> The English original will be released this week.
>
> Last week's article is also very important:
>
>
>
> http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/secret-documents-nsa-targeted-germany-and-eu-buildings-a-908609.html
>
> This is also probably of great interest to people on the list:
>
>
> http://oglobo.globo.com/infograficos/volume-rastreamento-governo-americano/
>
>
> http://jaraparilla.blogspot.com/2013/07/nsa-surveillance-of-australia-exposed.html
>
>
> http://www.theage.com.au/world/snowden-reveals-australias-links-to-us-spy-web-20130708-2plyg.html
>
> Welcome to the Grim Meathook Future, Citizens! Lets turn this ship around!
>
> All the best,
> Jacob
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