On Sunday, General Michael Hayden, former National Security Agency Director, discusses about NSA data collection.
National Security
The Ivory Tower Half Hour: PRISM, Federal Judges, and Economic Development
The Ivory Tower Half Hour: PRISM, Federal Judges, and Economic Development
Hosted by Barbara Fought, Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, this powerhouse panel of Lisa Dolak (Syracuse University College of Law), Tim Byrnes (Colgate University), Bob Greene (Cazenovia College), Tara Ross (Onondaga County Community College), and Kristi Andersen (Syracuse University) discuss the recent revelation of the PRISM program, the selection of federal judges, and boosing economic development.
How PRISM Works
CBS News recently ran a story about
PRISM is a secret government program that allows the National Security Agency to tap into the data banks of internet companies in search of foreign terrorists
“In Guantanamo, Have We Created Something We Can’t Close?”
“In Guantanamo, Have We Created Something We Can’t Close?”
That was the title of a recent story on NPR’s All Things Considered. Here is how the story began:
The crisis at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp keeps growing in size and intensity. According to the military’s own count, 100 of the 166 men held in the prison there are now on hunger strike, and the 27 most in danger of dying are being force-fed.
Last month, guards had to forcibly subdue a camp where even the most cooperative detainees are held.
The hunger strike was triggered by a February search of inmates’ Qurans, though the details are hotly disputed. What’s remarkable, however, is that everyone — including detainees, lawyers and the military — agrees that the real reason for the unrest is simply the frustration that the camp has stayed open so long.
Boston Bombings Coverage: The Ugly
Boston Bombings Coverage: The Ugly
Yesterday’s post featured Part II of our three-part series “Boston Bombings Coverage: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.” Part II, “The Bad,” was Jon Stewart’s satire of CNN’s embarrassing Boston bombings blunder. Part I, “The Good,” featured Fareed Zakaria’s shrewd take on the Boston bombings. Today’s post discusses another Jon Stewart clip and “The Ugly”–Fox News contributors falling over themselves to shred the Constitution in wake of the Boston Bombings.