Episode

12/23 Best of 2013: Glenn Greenwald: The Impact of The NSA Revelations

December 23, 2013

Glenn Greenwald, explains the most important revelations from the NSA spying scandal, why the indiscriminate nature of the data mining is so shocking, why privacy matters to all of us, how the national security state redefines what is a threat regularly, the global impact of the NSA disclosures, the role of private contractors in mass data collection and why Edward Snowden is happy with the results of his whistle blowing.

Also a best of Libertarian caller complaining about government taking away his lightbulbs.

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