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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
ALJAZAM 08/13/2014
Beban: Finally, there's the simple question of whether it's a good idea to leave the decision to wage a form of war up to a machine. Walsh: I'm sure that we're going to get arguments here and probably good arguments from the intelligence community that says all this happens at lightning speeds and that unless you're able to retaliate instantly, your opportunity may pass. And that may be true. But then that has to be weighed against the public policy costs and benefits and again we see no discussion of that. Beban: The NSA wouldn't comment on the article. A spokesperson for the NSA did say that Snowden should talk to the Department of Justice, about the charges against him. Now Snowden actually told “Wired” that he is willing to “volunteer for prison. That he cares more about the country than what happens to him.” And he also said, John, that more revelations about the NSA are coming.
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Edward Snowden
Whistleblower
MSNBCW 08/13/2014
Snowden: My name is Ed Snowden. I used to work for the government and now I work for the public. Geist: In front of the flash bulbs. Appearing at times exhausted, at times defiant. wearing a bouncer's t-shirt. Geist: Did you feel like he took a different tact in making this a little more about himself than he has previously. Dadich: He came in quite nervous to the shoot and said I love my count country, I feel like a patriot. It was at that moment we knew we had the cover. Geist: Jim Bamford had unprecedented access, recently spending three days with Snowden in Moscow.
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Edward Snowden
Whistleblower
MSNBCW 08/13/2014
Geist: Snowden told "wired" of a top secret program called MonsterMind, first revealed here, which automatically retaliates to cyber attacks from foreign countries. Bamford: And if you just turn around and automatically fire back, you may be starting an accidental war. Geist: Wired released new audio recordings of its time with Snowden. Snowden: Our generation is facing a time where governments around the world are questioning whether or not individuals can be trusted with the power of technology. And while I don't know the answer to that question, what I do know is that governments shouldn't be the ones to decide. We should. Geist: Snowden disputes that he took 1.7 million documents as the government alleges, saying the number is much smaller and he wouldn't comment on recent reports that he has inspired other leakers.
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Edward Snowden
Whistleblower
MSNBCW 08/13/2014
Bamford: There is another Snowden out there someplace. The question is whether he's still in there, whether he's out, whether NSA is looking for him. Geist: Snowden says he left a trail of digital bread crumbs to show the NSA exactly what he took from an internal server, but the NSA missed the clues. Snowden: “I figured they would have a hard time,” Snowden told "wired." “I didn't figure they would be completely incapable. “ Bamford: He had access to material well beyond top secret. Way over most anybody's head at NSA. Snowden: I gave this information back to public hands to give you back a choice about the country you want to live in. Geist: Snowden told "Wired" he wants to come home and he would even he says volunteer for prison as long as it served the right purpose. For its part the NSA told us if Mr. Snowden wants to discuss his activities, that conversation should be held with the U.S. Department of Justice. He needs to return to the United States to face the charges against him.
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Eric Thomas
Anchor and Reporter KGO TV
KGO 09/15/2014
Thomas: Edward Snowden says the N.S.A. is collecting mass surveillance data on New Zealanders. Snowden says the agency has set up a facility to tap into vast amounts of data using it’s XKEYSCORE program. He spoke via video link from Russia to hundreds of people at Auckland’s town hall last night. Meantime, New Zealand’s Prime Minister issued a statement saying New Zealand’s spy agency has never undertaken mass surveillance of its own people but Snowden says New Zealand’s agencies collect information for the N.S.A.
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Jaqueline London
Co-Anchor NBC 10 News
WCAU 09/15/2014
London: Edward Snowden, the former U.S. intelligence worker who fled the country after allegedly leaking classified information is now accusing other countries of spying on its citizens. During a satellite appearance from Russia, Snowden told a group in New Zealand that the County’s Prime Minister was not telling the truth when he denied knowing about mass surveillance. Snowden said Prime Minister John Key was aware that New Zealand's domestic spy agency routinely gathered data on its citizens. Key has been quoted as saying mass surveillance was considered but never implemented.
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Amy Goodman
Host and Executive Producer for Democracy Now
LINKTV 09/25/2014
Goodman: In Sweden, The Right Livelihood Awards have been announced for five recipients, including NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. The head of The Right Livelihood Award Foundation Ole von Uexkull says Snowden was honored for exposing illegality by his own government. von Uexkull : We decided on five laureates this year and they all live up to the idea behind the award to offer real courageous, practical solutions to global challenges. Snowden is living up to this ideal in the same way that earlier laureates have when it comes to criticizing his own government as this government is breaking the law. Goodman: Snowden's prize will go toward his legal fund.
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Edward Snowden
whistleblower
WTXF 10/13/2014
Murphy: Edward Snowden says the U.S. government is denying his request to stand trial in the U.S. But Snowden says he wants to plead his case before a jury about leaking government documents. The whole Wikileaks scandal in an interview with The New Yorker, he says he is confident that the Supreme Court would eventually rule the NSA surveillance program is unconstitutional.
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Laura Poitras
Documentary Filmmaker and Co-Founder of The Intercept
KQED 10/25/2014
Rose: Snowden wrote you and he said you asked me why I chose you. He said I didn't, you chose yourself. What did he mean? Poitras: What he was referring to was the fact that I had been put on this government watch list, and so I had been for six years I had been, for six years, every time I traveled and returned back to the United States, I would be pulled aside, there would be border agents who would come to the airplane and pull me aside and ask me what I was doing, where I had traveled. And I had gone through this a long time, starting in 2006. When it began, I was naive. I answered questions, I said well, I had been making a film about the Iraq war. And then it became Increasingly, they photocopied my notebooks and I became a little less friendly at the border and had written about it. So Snowden might have seen it in two ways. I had written about it for the "New York Times," I had published a short video about N.S.A. whistle blower William Binney that was published in summer of 2012
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Edward Snowden
whistleblower
WHYY 10/25/2014
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