Tag Archives: total surveillance

No Place To Hide

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Muller

At the outset of his new book, Glenn Greenwald quotes Senator Frank Church’s 1975 statement, who was critically assessing intelligence activities in the U.S., “The United States government has perfected a technological capability that enables us to monitor the message … Continue reading →

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Dubious Company

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Muller

Based on documents which had been leaked by Edward Snowden to reporters of the Guardian and Washington Post in June last year in Hong Kong, Der Spiegel reports today, among other widespread spying activities in Germany, about  a top secret list (apparently … Continue reading →

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Collecting Metadata is More Intrusive

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Muller

Glenn Greenwald has testified yesterday before the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties and Home Affairs via a video link from Rio, Brazil. The journalists who had mostly reported on whistle-blower Edward Snowden’s leaks on U.S. and U.K. mass surveillance … Continue reading →

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What Kind of Damage?

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Muller

CBS reports that the U.S. intelligence community is split over the possibility of granting NSA total surveillance whistle-blower Edward Snowden amnesty after it has realized that just one per cent of the whole material (another 1.5 million classified documents) has … Continue reading →

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Greenwald vs. Sackur

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Muller

HARDtalk Stephen Sackur’s task at the BBC is “to hold people accountable” with “[i]n-depth interviews with hard-hitting questions and sensitive topics being covered as famous personalities from all walks of life talk about the highs and lows in their lives.” … Continue reading →

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