Monthly Archives: May 2014

Collect it All Doesn’t Mean Collect it All, Michael Hayden

Last night’s Munk Debate on “be it resolved state surveillance is a legitimate defense of our freedoms” did not see drones circling above Toronto, Canada. With one possible exception, no heated fight between Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz and former constutional … Continue reading

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Merkel Seems to Know Every Trick in the Book

German Chancellor Angela Merkel who has arrived in Washington to meet President Obama and talk about the crisis in the Ukraine has at least tried to calm down expectations that whistle-blower Edward Snowden can be invited to the parliamentary Inquiry … Continue reading

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Does NSA Have an Image Problem?

And can it be improved by making a fool of its former head, Keith Alexander? That’s what John Oliver did last week on his debut Last Week Tonight show. But Alexander apparently didn’t get it. He just continued with his … Continue reading

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