Category Archives: surveillance

Scope and Scale of NSA Surveillance

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Muller

Transparency (of total surveillance by the NSA) was one of the magic terms in President Obama’s press conference at the White House yesterday. Simultaneously, the NSA published a 7-page statement [pdf] on its web page outlining what it is doing … Continue reading →

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Two of These Speeches

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Muller

President Obama gave a press conference yesterday in which he addressed the revelations upon the leaks by whistle-blower Edward Snowden two months ago. “As I said at the National Defense University back in May, in meeting those threats, we have … Continue reading →

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Crimes Against the American People

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Muller

The current surveillance scandal by the NSA becomes more and more bizarre. The e-mail provider Lavabit which has granted users with encrypted messages, has abruptly shut down his service after it had probably been forced to relinquish encrypted information to … Continue reading →

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Blush of Shame

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Muller

Bruce Fein, Lon Snowden’s counsel in his son Edward Snowden’s case, has written a sharp open letter to President Obama which MSNBC has published [pdf]. The tone of the letter is disrespectful, just what constitutional law professor Obama obviously deserves. … Continue reading →

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Gordon Humphrey, now Jimmy Carter

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Muller

High profile public support for Edward Snowden is rare. After the Guardian had reported that former Republican Senator Gordon Humphrey had exchanged some friedly emails with NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden, Der Spiegel (only in its German version) knows that former … Continue reading →

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