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July 8-15, 2013 Issue
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Editorial
America’s Surveillance Net
There is a revolution afoot—one that is being carried out by the government against the fundamental law of the land.
Government Spying: Why You Can’t ‘Just Trust Us’
For proof that the current surveillance programs are ripe for abuse, Americans need only look at what preceded them.
Iran’s Stunning Reform Victory
In a clear challenge to hardliners, President-elect Hassan Rouhani vowed, ‘I have come to destroy extremism.’
Column
The Upside of Genocide
The reputations of Reagan-era officials who enabled the Guatemalan genocide have not been tarnished.
Everyone Loves Mandela
South Africans of all races have reason to celebrate the life of the country’s first post-apartheid president.
Letters
Letters
A Syrian quagmire?… cheap clothing = death… Thoreau… mass transit… The Nation as ‘security threat’
Feature
‘We Steal Secrets’ Misses the Leak for the Leakers
Just as the Assange saga consumes too much of Alex Gibney’s film, so today’s Snowden obsession deflects attention away from our sprawling surveillance state.
Pandora’s Terrifying Promise: Can Nuclear Power Save the Planet?
A conversation about a new documentary, its provocative claims—and the facts it leaves out.
Books & the Arts
Unsparing Truths: On Lucille Clifton
A poet’s reckonings with suffering and indifference.
Roberts’s Rules of Order
Marcia Coyle’s damning study of the Roberts Court’s conservative agenda.
‘We Steal Secrets’ Misses the Leak for the Leakers
Just as the Assange saga consumes too much of Alex Gibney’s film, so today’s Snowden obsession deflects attention away from our sprawling surveillance state.
