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 > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > -- David V. Johnson Web Editor Boston Review Website: http://www.bostonreview.net Twitter: http://twitter.com/BostonReview Tumblr: http://bostonreview.tumblr.com Cell: (917)903-3706
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