Monday, October 28, 2013

USA (NSA) spying on Europe (video)

CC Liu, Ashley Wells, Wisdom Quarterly; Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, DemocracyNow.org
Barry Obama and Sec'y of State John Kerry on drones and spying (economist.com)
American activists gather in Washington, D.C. protesting NSA's illegal activities. Democrat Diane Feinstein, who chairs a congressional committee overseeing America's (known) spying apparatus, plans new legislation to shut down protesters by making NSA spying legal (DN).
 
The Empire is at it again, and it only gets worse with every revelation of intrusive homeland spying, Internet monitoring, and cellphone (mobile) wiretapping. The NSA has been doing it to the nation's allies in Europe as well.
 

  
(10-28-13) As new revelations of NSA (National Security Agency) spying stoke the ire of Germany, France, and Spain [and other Eurozone countries], thousands of infuriated Americans marched on Washington, D.C., on Saturday in a rally against government surveillance. Organizers say the protest was the largest to date against NSA monitoring since Edward Snowden’s disclosures became public through Glenn Greenwald and the UK's The Guardian in June.

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Journalist Glenn Greenwald
Jesselyn Radack, a former Justice Department lawyer who now works for the Government Accountability Project reads a message from Edward Snowden; NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake, who was charged with espionage after he was suspected of revealing information about the agency’s warrantless wiretapping program, also speaks. And New Mexico’s former Republican governor, Gary Johnson, chimes in. More

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