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May 29, 2014

Reaction, Insight, Opinion and Clips from Snowden's Interview You Didn't See #Patriot #Traitor

NBC News is steering those who missed last night’s interview with Snowden over to their site. They’ve taken down YT vids that cut out all of the ads leaving only the interview. If you missed the interview and want to watch or re watch it click here.

One more item worth noting following the Snowden interview. NBC asked folks on Twitter to weigh in on whether they believe Snowden to be a “#Patriot” or “#Traitor.” Well, the vote tally is in with 59% #Patriot v 41% #Traitor.

Here are some additional articles you may want to read. They take on various pieces of the interview with the first link leading you to portions of the interview that didn’t make the final cut.

The Edward Snowden clips NBC didn’t broadcast on TV

NBC Censors Snowden’s Critical 9/11 Comments from Prime Time Audience

Not Snowden but *Keith Alexander*: Hero or Traitor (the debate we should be having)

Kerry To Snowden: “Man Up and Come Back to the United States.”

And the NSA just released this slightly redacted email from Snowden making an inquiry to NSA General Counsel on the hierarchy laid out in a training he attended –

Edward J. Snowden email inquiry to the NSA Office of General Counsel<br /> May 29, 2014<br /> NSA has now explained that they have found one email inquiry by Edward Snowden to the Office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was in a training course he had just completed. The e-mail did not raise allegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that the Office of General Counsel addressed.<br /> There was not additional follow-up noted. The e-mail will be released later today. There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for additional indications of outreach from him in those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims.

Edward J. Snowden email inquiry to the NSA Office of General Counsel<br /> May 29, 2014<br /> NSA has now explained that they have found one email inquiry by Edward Snowden to the Office of General Counsel asking for an explanation of some material that was in a training course he had just completed. The e-mail did not raise allegations or concerns about wrongdoing or abuse, but posed a legal question that the Office of General Counsel addressed.<br /> There was not additional follow-up noted. The e-mail will be released later today. There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for additional indications of outreach from him in those areas and to date have not discovered any engagements related to his claims.

December 18, 2013

"They even keep track of who is having an affair or looking at pornography, in case they need to damage their target's reputation" Edward Snowden

December 17, 2013

by Edward Snowden

Six months ago, I stepped out from the shadows of the United States Government’s National Security Agency to stand in front of a journalist’s camera. [Read more…]

December 12, 2013

Multiple Plots by US, UK to Kidnap Edward Snowden

(Correction: Edits have been made to this article. The relationship between Madsen and one of his sources, a former linguist who once worked for the NSA, was stated incorrectly. Neither Madsen nor the source knew of one another while employed by the NSA respectively. We sincerely apologize for this mischaracterization of said relationship.)

December 12, 2013

by Helen Tansey
The T-Room dot us

Investigative journalist Wayne Madsen is reporting on two different ‘kidnapping’ operations targeting Edward Snowden. The first operation is being led by Britain’s MI-6 out of there embassy in Moscow and the second by the US in partnership with Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service. [Read more…]

November 27, 2013

"Thank You Ed Snowden"

While hundreds of thousands of American’s nationwide are supporting NSA whistleblower Ed Snowden as Time Magazines ‘Person of the Year,’  the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund has just launched their ad campaign ‘Courage is Contagious’ with banners on DC buses saying ‘Thank You Ed Snowden.’

And the Partnership’s campaign is growing  –

Because of the crowd-funding support this project is receiving, it is starting to take off! We are happy to announce it is now being expanded. We have taken out ads on five additional buses, which will hit the streets of D.C. soon. [Read more…]

November 1, 2013

In his own words NOT the APs ~ Edward Snowden's Letter to German Officials

When someone writes a letter that someone else chooses to report on the least the journalist can do is link the reader to the original letter. I don’t think this is asking too much. Then again, I am talking about the [Read more…]

October 30, 2013

Datagate, Panorama: "Intercepted conversations even the Pope"

TRANSLATED from Panorama –Datagate, Panorama: «Intercettate anche le conversazioni del Papa»

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 30, 2013
Spiato Papa Bergoglio

The National Security Agency has cut even the Pope was revealed by the issue of Panorama on newsstands . In the 46 million calls tracked by the U.S. in Italy , between 10 December 2012 and 8 January , 2013, there would be those to and from the Vatican. [Read more…]

October 14, 2013

The Banality of Evil by Peter Ludlow

In recent months there has been a visible struggle in the media to come to grips with the leaking, whistle-blowing and hacktivism that has vexed the United States military and the private and government intelligence communities. This response has run the gamut. It has involved attempts to condemn, support, demonize, psychoanalyze and in some cases [Read more…]

October 2, 2013

Special Report: Naval War College's involvement in personal cyber-attacks no mere aberration

October 1, 2013

by Wayne Madsen
Wayne Madsen Report dot com

The latest release of National Security Agency slides from whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals that the NSA is heavily involved in monitoring social media and the social networking activities of Americans. The NSA will claim that this is part of their obligation to protect national security [Read more…]

August 21, 2013

The NSA: ‘The Abyss from Which There Is No Return’

Sen. Frank Church also said in 1975 – “The National Security Agency’s capability at any time could be turned around on the American people, and no American would have any privacy left, such is the capability to monitor everything: telephone conversations, telegrams, it doesn’t matter. There would be no place to hide. If a dictator ever took over, the N.S.A. could enable it to impose total tyranny, and there would be no way to fight back.” [Read more…]

August 20, 2013

Guardian's Editor ‘Alan Rusbridger on Why They Opted to Destroy Computers’

Below the fold is today’s World at One audio interview with the Guardian’s editor Alan Rushbridger.

Here’s a snippet –

Kearny: “You also describe how this all ended up with officials coming into the Guardian offices to destroy computers there?” [Read more…]

August 14, 2013

Did Republican Leadership Betray Its 2011 Freshmen Class?

“Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive.” Sir Walter Scott

by Helen Tansey
The T-Room

Did Mike Rogers, Republican Chairman of the  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), act alone when deciding to withhold critical information about NSA’s  bulk collection of American’s phone records from the 2011 incoming class of members of congress prior to their vote to reauthorize the Patriot Act? Was the entirety of the Republican House leadership in on the decision? It sure looks that way. [Read more…]

August 13, 2013

UPDATE x1: There he goes again, he says one thing and then does the complete opposite…

Americans, and I certainly hope by now the majority of Democrats, for once simply want O’Bush to actually do what he says. Just once. [Read more…]

August 5, 2013

Greenwald: Is U.S. Exaggerating Threat to Embassies to Silence Critics of NSA Domestic Surveillance?

During today’s interview with Glenn Greenwald, Amy Goodman asks him to respond to a comment Sen. Chambliss made over the weekend on Meet the Press. Greenwald’s response shouldn’t come as a surprise to T-Room readers – [Read more…]

July 25, 2013

The Secrets Behind Intelligence Gathering [INFOGRAPHIC]

Checkout this awesome infographic titled “The Secrets Behind Intelligence Gathering.” It was developed by North American Investigations who states “If the recent NSA surveillance disclosures have piqued your interest in just how far our government is going to collect information, [Read more…]

July 12, 2013

Snowden in his own words …

Edward Snowden along with Sarah Harrison of WikiLeaks (left) at a meeting with human rights campaigners in Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow today. Photograph: Tanya Lokshina/Human Rights Watch

by Helen Tansey
July 12, 2013
The T-Room

Snowden held a rather public meeting today with international human interest groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch to ask for their organizations protection. [Read more…]

July 9, 2013

Snowden made the right call when he fled the U.S.

By Daniel Ellsberg, Published: July 7

Daniel Ellsberg is the author of “Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers.” He was charged in 1971 under the Espionage Act as well as for theft and conspiracy for copying the Pentagon Papers. The trial was dismissed in 1973 after evidence of government misconduct, including illegal wiretapping, was introduced in court. [Read more…]