Category Archives: surveillance

Problems With Data

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Muller

General Keith Alexander, retired head of the U.S. American mass surveillance spy organization NSA is trying hard to polish the battered public image of his former agency. He was recently mocked in John Oliver’s debut show Last Week Tonight where … Continue reading →

Posted in surveillance, USA | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

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

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Muller

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 →

Posted in surveillance, USA | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Merkel Seems to Know Every Trick in the Book

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Muller

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 →

Posted in Germany, surveillance, USA | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Does NSA Have an Image Problem?

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Muller

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 →

Posted in surveillance, USA | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Be It Resolved State Surveillance is a Legitimate Defence of Our Freedoms?

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Muller

Is this still a serious question for a public debate? Next Friday, Glenn Greenwald, blogger at The Intercept, and Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of reddit, will debate Alan Dershowitz and former CIA Director Michael Hayden on “The Surveillance State” (which seems to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, security, surveillance | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment