Two very good documentaries, one just released and the second soon to be released, worthy of your attention:
Two Very Good Documentaries
04 Tuesday Nov 2014
Tag Archives: NSA
Traitor or Patriot?
02 Monday Jun 2014
Posted in Articles & Books of Interest, The Outer Loop
In a previous post, No Place to Hide, I wrote about my reaction to listening to a talk by Glenn Greenwald and reading his recently released book on Edward Snowden, on the revelations from the disclosures of NSA documents and on Greenwald’s assessment of what has occurred.
In comments and emails, some of you immediately praised Greenwald and Snowden, some of you said the MillersTime post gave you pause for thinking and/or reevaluating, and some questioned the damage that they felt both Snowden and Greenwald had done to our country.
Hopefully, some of you in all three groups will have time to read Greenwald’s book for yourselves. (If you do, please add a Comment on MillersTime or send me your thoughts by email.)
Today’s post is a link to a lengthy interview done by NBC’s Brian Williams with Snowden. It gives you a chance to see, hear and perhaps evaluate this 29-year-old for yourself.
“No Place to Hide”
18 Sunday May 2014
Posted in Articles & Books of Interest, The Outer Loop
Tags
"No Place to Hide", Abuse of Power, Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, NSA, Sen. Frank Church, The Fourth Estate
I realized that they were building a system whose goal was the elimination of all privacy, globally. To make it so that no one could communicate electronically without the NSA being able to collect, store, and analyze the communication.
-Edward Snowden explaining to Glenn Greenwald what moved him to action:
Wednesday night Ellen and I attended a book lecture by Glenn Greenwald.
Friday, I took the whole day and read Greenwald’s book on Edward Snowden, on the NSA, and on his assessment of what he believes is the meaning of these revelations.
When I finished the book yesterday, I was tempted to do something I’ve never done on this site, write a post that said this book was a Must Read. But thinking about it overnight, I reminded myself of my belief that there is no such thing as a ‘must read’ article or book.
Instead, I’m simply going to try to capture some of the impact Greenwald’s appearance and book has had on me.