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Curated research library of TV news clips regarding the NSA, its oversight and privacy issues, 2009-2014

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Primary curation & research: Robin Chin, Internet Archive TV News Researcher; using Internet Archive TV News service.

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Edward Snowden
whistleblower
KNTV 05/28/2014
Williams: What do you miss about home? Snowden: I think the only -- the only answer to something like that for somebody in my situation is, you know, what don't I miss? What would you miss? What wouldn't you miss? I miss my family. I miss my home. I miss my colleagues. I miss the work. Because caught up in all these issues, people have unfairly demonized the NSA to a point that's too extreme. These are good people trying to do hard work for good reasons.
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Edward Snowden
whistleblower
KNTV 05/28/2014
Snowden: The way to think about this is, again, I already know how to deal with counterintelligence. Beyond that, I took nothing to Russia, so could give them nothing. Williams: You say you're not carrying around any of these materials. You’ve handed them off. If I gave you a laptop, could you access the documents? Snowden: No, no. Williams: no, you couldn't remotely, electronically access material? Snowden: No. Williams: It's gone from your control? Snowden: Right. I don't have any control
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Edward Snowden
whistleblower
KNTV 05/28/2014
Williams: Why not cast the widest net possible? Innocent people around the country were -- all felt the same way. I've got nothing to hide. We've got to find this enemy we can't see. Snowden: The definition of a security state is any nation that prioritizes security over all other considerations. I don't believe the United States is or ever should be a security state. If want to be free we can't become subject to surveillance. We can't give away our privacy. We can't give away our rights. We have to be an active party. We have to be an active part of our government. And we have to say there are some things worth dying for. I think the country is one of them.
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Edward Snowden
whistleblower
KNTV 05/28/2014
Snowden: In 2004, I joined the U.S. army under the 18 x-ray special forces recruit program. Now, I have to give high respect to everyone in the military and especially the graduates of those programs because they are better men than I. I was injured very early on in the program and washed out. You know, I readily admit it, I don't hide that. Williams: Snowden reportedly left the military after breaking both of his legs in training. Snowden: But the fact is that I tried. You know, I saw what was going on in the world. I believed the government's arguments that we were going to do good things in Iraq, that we were going to free the oppressed. And I wanted to do my part to help share the national burden and create not just a better America but a better world.
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Pete Williams
NBC News Justice Correspondent
KNTV 06/25/2014
Brian Williams: If the fourth amendment is supposed to give us the right to be secure in our persons, houses, papers and effects, if the police need a warrant to search through your phone, what about the NSA? Pete Williams: Well, that's a good question, of course. What the government would say is that when FBI comes to you, they do get a search warrant and that the NSA only finds the information and gives it to the FBI. The government is, also argued that this isn't a search because your phone records, the metadata is already in the company's possession, it's like your toll records and it's not a search. So that's the next case that’s gonna come here. And if this is any kind of a sign, the Supreme Court is going to be very jealous of protecting privacy.
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Brian Williams
Anchor and Managing Editor of NBC Nightly News
KNTV 06/25/2014
Brian Williams: This case wasn't about spying, it was about the cops and whether or not they can search your phone when you're under arrest. The justices seem to know your whole life is detailed on the phone. So no search of the phone without a warrant. It's a rare victory for privacy. We begin with our justice correspondent, Pete Williams. Good evening. Pete Williams: It is surprising and it is unanimous and so bold, and shows this that court which still gives out quill pens to the lawyers who argue here is thoroughly up to date on smartphone technology. So many people now carry cell phones that a supreme court says a visitor from mars might assume they are part of the human anatomy. 12% use them in the shower. But it's what they can hold that made the difference in the ruling.
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