by Marcy Wheeler. “I believed that if the general public, especially the American public,
had access to the information contained within [the military’s own
databases], it could spark a domestic debate on the role of the military
and our foreign policy in general as it related to Iraq and
Afghanistan.” That is — according to a statement
Bradley ... MORE
by Steve Chapman. If a person in government says the sun will come up tomorrow, it's sensible to believe that person -- but not until the first rays seep over the horizon. Skepticism is even more justified when the government has been caught hiding something from the public and needs to excuse the secrecy. In the aftermath of Edward Snowden's ... MORE
Okay, who is the real traitor? Is Edward Snowden a heroic whistleblower or a traitor? Well, maybe Snowden is a bit of both. He is both a hero and a traitor, arising from different aspects of his dramatic actions. Snowden was a computer whiz and former Booz Allen contract employee handling secret work for the National Security Agency ... MORE
Using technology to keep the government in check. We now know what we have long suspected: that the National
Security Agency is collecting the phone call records of all
Americans. And we are now justified in suspecting what we have long
feared: that it is also keeping a permanent backup copy of
everything that happens on the ... MORE
Finding the leaker is relatively unimportant. If you are still listening to those in the political class who are falling over each other to condemn leaks from the government to the media, you'd think the leaks had revealed private information in which the public has no legitimate interest, or perhaps a planned secret government mission to ... MORE
When politics trump national security. President Obama takes umbrage at the idea that a spate of leaks of highly classified national-security information is somehow purposefully intended to bolster his leadership credentials. His resistance to an independent investigation will only make things worse for him. The Obama White House is leaking ... MORE