6 Months Later...
In the wake of the attacks in Paris, global terror threats, and renewed debate about mass surveillance and national security, we revisit our special hour on the origins of the infamous Patriot Act,...
View ArticleThe Patriot Act's Unintended Consequences
We began the show with the assumption that in the wake of 9/11, if our elected officials had just been able to read the Patriot Act, then maybe we could have avoided all of the mayhem and mass...
View ArticleInside The Government's Secret Surveillance Catalogue
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.As part of our series "Lockup: Encryption and the Law," we've been hearing from a number of key stake holders in the data and privacy debate.On...
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Did the U.S. spy on Israel amid Iran deal lobbying in Congress?
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View ArticleObama Invests $19 Billion in U.S. Cybersecurity
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.A final budget from the Office of the President landed before Congress on Tuesday. The $4 trillion proposal for 2017 includes $19 billion in...
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Why Apple vs. FBI might be the worst cybersecurity dilemma ever
Given the critical importance of both cybersecurity and national security, prioritizing one over the other is no trivial task, writes Vikram Mansharamani Image by Brian Klug via FlickrEarlier this...
View ArticleEdward Snowden Won't Tell You Who He's Voting For (That's Private!)
This interview was recorded as part of RadioLoveFest, produced by WNYC and BAM. It's an excerpt from a long, live discussion held at BAM in Brooklyn on March 11, 2016, where Brian interviewed Edward...
View ArticleListen to a Long Interview With Edward Snowden
From the buzz in the room, you'd think it was a sporting event, or a homecoming party for a war hero.But the crowd in Brooklyn was going wild for a live video link of Edward Snowden..@Snowden's here....
View ArticleAnything But Election News; Mayor de Blasio Talks Affordable Housing; Edward...
Coming up on today's show:We get it. It's only March, and many of us already need a break from election coverage. Call in and tell us about news stories (local, national, or international) that have...
View ArticleCan Snowden Come Home?
Edward Snowden told Brian that the American government is refusing him a fair trial.Here to explain Snowden's claim: Steve Vladeck, a professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: Iranian Nobel Prize-Winner Shirin Ebadi, Paying for...
A few of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Iranian Nobel Prize-Winner Shirin Ebadi (First) | Paying for Academic Journals (Starts at 15:57) | A Former CIA/NSA Head (Starts at...
View ArticleEdward Snowden Responds to Critics
This interview was recorded as part of RadioLoveFest, produced by WNYC and BAM. It's an excerpt from a long, live discussion held at BAM in Brooklyn on March 11, 2016, where Brian interviewed Edward...
View ArticleApple's Security Debate is Everyone's Problem (Including Yours)
The debate over whether the government can access your phone is here. Hello!You've probably been following along, but in case you need the tl;dr: The debate revved up last month when the FBI asked...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: Edward Snowden on Coming Home, Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker,...
A few of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Edward Snowden on Coming Home (First) | A Lawyer Talks About Snowden's Case (Starts at 23:17) | Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker (Starts at...
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The secret things you give away through your phone metadata
A Stanford University study outlines the exact secrets revealed by telephone metadata. Illustration by Pawel Kopczynski/REUTERSThe word “metadata” achieved buzzword status in 2013. That’s when...
View ArticleWas This NSA 'Hack' a Russian Plot or an Inside Job?
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment. This week, a group calling themselves the "Shadow Brokers" posted files online that say are straight from the NSA. The files, which appear to be...
View ArticleRepublicans for the Environment, Fighting for Women, The Next U.N. Secretary...
Coming up on today's show:Hurricane Matthew's movement towards the Southeast could be the first real test of a potential sea level rise on the existing infrastructure. Richard Luettich, a professor of...
View ArticleYahoo Scanned Customer Emails for the U.S. Government
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.A report by Reuters says that Yahoo developed software to scan hundreds of millions of Yahoo email accounts at the request of the National...
View ArticleAnother NSA Intelligence Breach
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.A contractor with the NSA has been arrested for stealing and leaking classified secrets. Sound familiar? Though the name Edward Snowden may...
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NSA contractor suspected of espionage is deemed a flight risk
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Next: A judge ruled today that a Maryland man accused of stealing massive amounts of information from the National Security Agency was a flight risk and...
View ArticleNSA Chief: Foreign State Tried to Sway Election with Democratic Hacks
Back in July, Wikileaks published 20,000 emails that showed that Democratic Party leaders favored Hillary Clinton during the primary season. Additionally, in the final weeks before Election Day, John...
View ArticleThe Future of Healthcare, Trump's Business Interests, The NSA reacts to Russia
Hate crimes against Muslims spiked last year to their highest level in more than a decade, while recent cabinet appointment Steve Bannon has said on tape that he doesn't want his kids to going to...
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Weeks before Trump takes office, this U.S. civil liberties board is in disarray
An aerial view of the National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters in Ft. Meade, Maryland. The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, which was revitalized after Edward Snowden’s NSA leaks in...
View ArticleIntelligence Agencies Blame Russia for Meddling in 2016 Election
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. The FBI, the CIA, and the NSA released a declassified report last Friday that concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin "ordered an...
View ArticleWATCH LIVE: Rep. Mike Pompeo confirmation hearing
Pompeo, a third-term Republican congressman from Kansas, will appear before a Senate Committee on Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for CIA director.Pompeo was elected to Congress in...
View ArticleGlenn Greenwald: Democrats Are Losing Again Amid Putin Frenzy
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.An explosive but unverified dossier that suggests that Donald Turmp has deep ties to Russia and that the Kremlin has damaging information on...
View Article01/18/17: America in Perpetual War, Freeing Chelsea Manning, A First Lady's...
Coming up on today's show:How has President Obama changed the makeup of the armed forces? Rosa Brooks, a law professor at Georgetown University and author of "How Everything Became War and the Military...
View ArticleFuture Tense
President Trump may be the most vocal with his disdain, but he's hardly the first president to have a rocky relationship with the press. Plus, why the White House press corps is so frustrating for...
View ArticleObama's Last-Minute Surveillance Changes
Last week, the Obama administration issued rule changes to Executive Order 12333, granting the National Security Agency unprecedented power to share raw surveillance data with the 16 other government...
View ArticleTrump White House Stirs Unease Among Intelligence Agencies
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.There has been growing unease within the intelligence community, both nationally and abroad, over President Trump's distrust of the very...
View ArticleGeneral Michael Hayden on Responding to Terrorism in the Modern Age
Michael Hayden, retired United States Air Force four-star general and former director of the National Security Agency, principal deputy director of National Intelligence and director of the Central...
View ArticleFBI and NSA Directors Go Before Congress
Live coverage of FBI Director James Comey and NSA Director Michael Rogers testifying before Congress on Russian involvement in the U.S. presidential election. Former CIA field officer and now writer,...
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How Nunes threw the House’s Russia investigation independence into question
Watch VideoJUDY WOODRUFF: We return now to the controversy created by allegations that were made by the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee having to do with surveillance of the Trump...
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Rep. Swalwell: Nunes ‘betrayed’ duty to independent Russia probe
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: The drama on Capitol Hill today wasn’t just on the health care front. As we reported earlier, the House Intelligence Committee descended into further...
View ArticleThe Man The Government Calls a 'FOIA Terrorist'
The Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, allows anyone to petition the federal government for access to its documents. Jason Leopold, senior investigative reporter at Buzzfeed, is a power-user of FOIA...
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NSA to stop collecting some internet communications
Photo by Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — The National Security Agency says it will no longer collect certain communications moving on the internet simply because they mention a foreign...
View ArticleGen. Michael Hayden: Trump White House Unable to Admit Basic Facts
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. On Monday, it was revealed that former President Barack Obama warned then President-elect Donald Trump not to hire General Michael Flynn two...
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Cyber attack subsides after striking dozens of countries
An ambulance is parked at The Royal London Hospital in London, Britain May 13, 2017. Photo By Neil Hall/ReutersA day after a “ransomware” cyber attack struck dozens of countries around the world,...
View ArticleWannaCry Ransomware and What To Do
Paul Wagenseil, cyber editor at Tom's Guide, discusses the latest WannaCry Ransomware attack and offers advice."This is a cyber criminal effort, entirely for financial gain," said Wagenseil. "You pay...
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Everything you need to know about the ‘WannaCrypt’ ransomware attack
A screenshot shows a WannaCry ransomware demand, provided by cyber security firm Symantec, in Mountain View, California, U.S. May 15, 2017. Courtesy of Symantec/Handout via REUTERSOn Monday, at least...
View ArticleEd Snowden Says A “Very Very Dark Future” Is Not Inevitable
With all the news of leaks, national security, and hacking destabilizing the world, who better to talk to than Ed Snowden? Manoush sat down with him—via video chat —on stage in D.C. at the K(NO)W...
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ProPublica finds lax internet security at four of Trump’s resorts
U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate is seen in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 16, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri GripasTwo weeks ago, on a sparkling spring morning, we went trawling along Florida’s...
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Michael Flynn won’t honor Senate subpoena, his lawyer says
White House National Security Advisor Michael Flynn arrives at a news conference Feb. 13 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Carlos Barria/ReutersWASHINGTON — Ousted National Security Adviser Michael Flynn...
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Ex-CIA chief Brennan concerned over Trump campaign’s Russian contacts
Former CIA director John Brennan testifies before the House Intelligence Committee to take questions on Russian active measures during the 2016 election campaign in Washington, D.C. Photo by Kevin...
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House committee issues more subpoenas in Russia probe
Subpoenas were approved Wednesday for ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn, pictured here, and his company, Flynn Intel Group, among others.WASHINGTON — The House intelligence committee said...
View ArticleAnother Day, Another Leak? Contractor Charged With Releasing Classified Intel
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. Another day, another leak?Yesterday, the Department of Justice announced charges against a 25-year-old government contractor named Reality...
View ArticleHow Not to Leak
For months, the Trump administration has been plagued by leaks. And for months, it has vowed to track down and punish those who are responsible. This week, it made good on that promise, with the arrest...
View ArticleWhat Do We Do About Mass Surveillance in America?
Timothy Edgar, civil liberties activist, former Obama White House privacy official, and author of Beyond Snowden: Privacy, Mass Surveillance, and the Struggle to Reform the NSA (Brookings Institution...
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Report: Russia hacked NSA documents with aid from antivirus software
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View ArticleWhat's in the Bill?
Hurriedly passed in the wake of 9/11, the Patriot Act authorizes broad governmental powers, some of which had been waiting in the wings for years. Brooke and Bob highlight a few of the key provisions.
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