This moment should spark a conversation about the place of national security whistleblowing in a democratic society.
The Ukraine Whistleblowers and the Rise of Partisan Whistleblowing
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Edward Snowden
Conn Hallinan’s 2016 ‘Are You Serious?’ Awards
This year’s lowlights from world politics, the culture wars, and the military-industrial complex.
What Hillary Clinton Got Wrong About Edward Snowden
The former secretary of state attacked the NSA whistleblower without bothering to get her facts straight.
Citizenfour’s Personality Problem
In focusing more on his travails than his revelations, a new film on Edward Snowden does just what Snowden himself had hoped to avoid.
Participatory Totalitarianism
We are not passive objects of the surveillance state. We are active subjects of our own YouTube channels.
The Five Commandments of Barack Obama
How well has Barack Obama lived up to his own standards on civil liberties?
Privacy in the Age of Surveillance
A strong global right to electronic privacy demands recognition, in U.S. law and internationally.
The Surveillance Blitz
Our privacy is getting hit from two sides — from corporations as well as the government.
Ten Good Things about 2013
2013 had its fair share of bad news, but it was also a year of extraordinary activism.
Mistaking Omniscience for Omnipotence
No one knows what a major state would be like if it radically cut back its intelligence services–but based on the recent American record, it’s hard to imagine we could be anything but better off.