1201
Much discussion of former TI reporters' failings misses:
1) No reporter could have prevented Winner's discovery as the news source.
2) That doesn't require Winner to be "naive" (NYT) or "clumsy" (WP). It is heroism to prioritize the public's right to know over one's own safety. twitter.com/theintercept/s…
1202
On the @11thHour with Brian Williams, many were surprised to hear I sought pardon for #RealityWinner and others, rather than myself. But the President can end the war on whistleblowers at the stroke of a pen—and should. Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=zQUEbp…
1203
If you host a website on Amazon (or are a regulator) and you're not in the US, read about "Section 702," the law the NSA and FBI uses to demand data from US companies about non-US persons—without individual warrants! cdt.org/wp-content/upl… twitter.com/Snowden/status…
1204
Here's a rough cite for the ~6% figure: w3techs.com/technologies/d…
1205
🚨🚨 It turns out "Hey Alexa" is short for "Hey Keith Alexander." Yes, the Keith Alexander personally responsible for the unlawful mass surveillance programs that caused a global scandal. And Amazon Web Services (AWS) host ~6% of all websites. 🚨🚨
theverge.com/2020/9/9/21429…
1207
They literally re-arrested him on the day of his trial. For those keeping note: yes, they re-arrested a man already in prison. This entire process is less trial than Soviet joke. twitter.com/Snowden/status…
1208
Read this and tell me that the show trial of Assange doesn't read like something from Kafka. The judge permits the charges to be changed so frequently the defense doesn't even know what they are, the most basic demands are denied, no one can hear what the defendant says—a farce. twitter.com/kgosztola/stat…
1209
The extradition of Julian Assange is a malicious prosecution by any standard. Even critics of the man ought to condemn this as a show trial. The "crime" in question is the greatest public service @wikileaks ever performed: exposing Iraq-era abuses.
Drop the charges. #FreeAssange twitter.com/StefSimanowitz…
1210
This 2014 story of the NSA and FBI using FISA warrants to spy on a slate of ordinary Americans--including a Republican campaign--was almost entirely ignored by major media at the time. Hard to imagine how differently it would be covered today. twitter.com/ggreenwald/sta…
1211
Here's the full Ellsberg piece, for those interested: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
1212
Going as far back as the 1970s, the federal government has prohibited fair trials for any journalist's source charged under the Espionage Act: it strictly forbids the jury from examining if the defendent was right or wrong. Here's what @DanielEllsberg wrote about his trial: twitter.com/ptoemmes/statu…
1213
Wild, I know, but in light of the historic NSA ruling closing the book on the whistleblower question this week, and the fact that Espionage Act charges prohibit a public interest defense, it seems like something local and national campaign reporters might ask of their candidates. twitter.com/Snowden/status…
1214
With the courts striking down the NSA's mass surveillance programs and crediting the 2013 revelations,
And new laws having been written to curb abuse both at home and abroad,
As people around the country and members of Congress call for pardon,
How long should charges stand?
1215
Congressman: twitter.com/mattgaetz/stat…
1216
If you are reporting on or at all interested in the legal aspects of yesterday's NSA court ruling, you will want to read this thread by the brilliant @AlexanderAbdo. He's the one who actually argued the case in front of the court for @ACLU! twitter.com/AlexanderAbdo/…
1217
The ruling of the court demolishes the longest-held defenses of mass surveillance. After taking into account the best of the government's evidence, the court found the program unlawful and ineffective, establishing the government's public claims of "necessity" were deceitful. twitter.com/PatrickCToomey…
1218
Seven years ago, as the news declared I was being charged as a criminal for speaking the truth, I never imagined that I would live to see our courts condemn the NSA's activities as unlawful and in the same ruling credit me for exposing them.
And yet that day has arrived. twitter.com/ACLU/status/13…
1219
What happened to us? twitter.com/verge/status/1…
1221
If your newsroom handles tips from confidential sources, you should take a look at this. The new @SecureDrop Workstation is a huge step forward. This is the kind of tool I wished we had had during the global mass surveillance scandal. twitter.com/SecureDrop/sta…
1222
Russia's most famous opposition leader, @navalny, has been rushed to the hospital, with reports that poison is suspected. If confirmed, it is a crime against the whole of Russia. There can be no democracy without dissent.
1223
Imagine my surprise to find only the worst people in the country willing to speak against a pardon this time around. How far we've come!
1224
The next time you see somebody trying to revive the long-discredited claims that I was some kind of foreign agent because they don't like what I represent, show them this clip of the NSA's Deputy Director—the man who actually ran that investigation—trash-canning it.
1225
twitter: the museum of the confidently incorrect twitter.com/Liz_Cheney/sta…
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