The Supreme Court Needs to Rein In the Surveillance State The Supreme Court Needs to Rein In the Surveillance State
If new technologies lead us toward a surveillance state, it will be in part because the courts failed to check the power of the executive branch.
Feb 23, 2023 / Patrick C. Toomey
How Bill Barr Became Trump’s Generalissimo How Bill Barr Became Trump’s Generalissimo
The mastermind of the D.C. crackdown has a long history of working for the surveillance state.
Jun 17, 2020 / Tim Shorrock
What It Feels Like to Be Watched What It Feels Like to Be Watched
From the streets to our smartphones, surveillance has taken on frightening proportions.
Oct 28, 2019 / Between the Lines / Laila Lalami
Edward Snowden Deserves to Be Tried by a Jury of His Peers, Just Like Everyone Else Edward Snowden Deserves to Be Tried by a Jury of His Peers, Just Like Everyone Else
The Justice Department has declined Snowden’s request for a jury trial—what are they afraid of?
Oct 9, 2019 / Sonali Chakravarti
‘Is It a Crime to Expose Crimes Already Committed?’ ‘Is It a Crime to Expose Crimes Already Committed?’
Reading Edward Snowden’s new memoir in the midst of the current scandal raging in Washington, the famous Iraq War whistle-blower explains why all whistle-blowers deserve our protec...
Oct 3, 2019 / Katharine Gun
Edward Snowden Speaks Edward Snowden Speaks
The NSA whistleblower’s new memoir is essential reading.
Sep 19, 2019 / Editorial / D.D. Guttenplan
Exclusive: Edward Snowden’s First Adventures in Cyberspace Exclusive: Edward Snowden’s First Adventures in Cyberspace
An excerpt from the whistleblower’s new memoir.
Sep 18, 2019 / Feature / Edward Snowden
‘Official Secrets’ Reveals How Little We Still Know About the Push for War in Iraq ‘Official Secrets’ Reveals How Little We Still Know About the Push for War in Iraq
In 2003, Katharine Gun risked everything to try to stop the war. The reporter who broke her story—coming to the big screen later this month—reminds us how many questions remain una...
Aug 16, 2019 / Martin Bright
In America’s Panopticon In America’s Panopticon
Sarah Igo’s The Known Citizen examines the linked histories of privacy and surveillance in the United States.
Dec 6, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Katie Fitzpatrick
That ‘Deep State’ You Keep Hearing About? It Doesn’t Exist That ‘Deep State’ You Keep Hearing About? It Doesn’t Exist
Former NSA director Michael Hayden is no white knight. But he’s right on this point, which he makes in his new book, The Assault on Intelligence.
May 11, 2018 / Bob Dreyfuss