Friday, June 14, 2013

NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden Describes Turnkey Tyranny

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NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden Describes Turnkey Tyranny

An Exclusive Journeyman Pictures Interview:  NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden discusses NSA Surveillance

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HONG KONG – 2013: In this handout photo provided by The Guardian, Edward Snowden speaks during an interview in Hong Kong. Snowden, a 29-year-old former technical assistant for the CIA, revealed details of top-secret surveillance conducted by the United States’ National Security Agency regarding telecom data. (Photo by The Guardian via Getty Images)

By Avalon
Intellihub.com
June 10, 2013
In a Journeyman Pictures Exclusive Interview conducted June 6, 2013 from Hong Kong, NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden describes the direction that the world is now heading in – termed, Turnkey Tyranny. Anyone paying attention over the last 12 years should not be surprised to hear this statement.
Interestingly, at this very moment, mainstream corporate media is posting articles on NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden and his Hong Kong location. A brief listing follows:
How Long Can Edward Snowden Stay in Hong Kong?
By Bruce Einhorn – June 10, 2013
Edward Snowden Is No Hero (comic)
Posted by Jeffrey Toobin – June 10, 2013
National Security Agency whistleblower William Binney was employed at the NSA for 28 years, until he quit in October 2001 over the illegality of the surveillance programs launched after the 9/11 attacks. Binney is quoted as saying he would inform congess if asked to testify that:
“The intelligence community is feeding you a line of babble, and since you have no capacity to figure out what is right or wrong or mediocre in any of it, you simply take them at their word and that’s the wrong thing to do.”
When Binney was asked, in a June 7 interview with the Libertas Institute in Utah, about DNI Jame Clapper’s recent testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee, denying that the NSA indiscriminately collects data on American citizens, Binney responded:
“Those are lies. Those are just outright lies. Obviously they are, with that court order [referring to the FISA Court order for Verizon]. They’re scooping up the metadata of everything, and the PRISM program is a scoop up of actual content. Emails, video, photographs, all of that — that’s content. So they’re collecting all of it, and it’s a big vacuum. So you know, those are just outright lies.”  Source: Domestic Spying Increased Under Obama; They’re All Lying About It, Says NSA Whistleblower  | June 9, 2013 at 10:13AM
A good starting point to understand the NSA Surveillance System and the origin of the story check the Glenn Greenwald archives at theguardian.co.uk
NOTE: Intellihub.com will be adding background and additional information throughout the day – check back often for updates.
NSA Whistle-blower Interview – Hong Kong
Published on Jun 10, 2013 – 290 views at 15:30 pm
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It’s the largest intelligence leak in a generation. PRISM whistle-blower Edward Snowden has exposed a secret world of US-sponsored digital snooping. Now he explains his motives and his fear of reprisal.
Edward Snowden is a wanted man: “all my options are bad” he mutters. And as a former NSA contracter with a decade of experience for the US Secret Services, he’s got a good idea of what to expect. “Yes, I could be rendered by the CIA. I could have people come after me. Or any of the third-party partners.” It may sound like paranoia. But Snowden knows that the biggest and most secretive surveillance organisation in America, the NSA, along with the most powerful government on the planet, is looking for him. Despite this, he decided it was a moral imperative that he reveal his identity. “I have no intention of hiding who I am because I have done nothing wrong.” Instead he hopes to add credibility to his claims through his decision to go public. As far as Snowden is concerned, the stakes are just too high. “They’ll say that because of the dangers that we face in the world, some new and unpredicted threat, we need more authority. We need more power. And there will be nothing the people can do at that point to oppose it. And it will be turn-key tyranny”.
A good starting point to understand the NSA Surveillance System and the origin of the story check the Glenn Greenwald archives at theguardian.co.uk
NOTE: Intellihub.com will be adding background and additional information throughout the day – check back often for updates.

UPDATE 1

Statement of Stephen M. Kohn, Executive Director of the National Whistleblower Center

Washington, D.C. June 10, 2013.
The National Whistleblower Center issued the following statement in support of NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden:
“Edward Snowden should not be prosecuted. Instead, the White House must keep the promise made by President Obama, during his 2008 election campaign, when he pledged to support legislation that would fully protect all government whistleblowers, including those in sensitive national security positions.”
“Until Congress enacts a law, setting forth reasonable procedures by which civil servants can disclose national security violations to the American people, the government should not prosecute these whistleblowers. Congress and the President must do their jobs, and stop destroying the lives of civil servants who try to report misconduct”
There is significant historical precedent for the protection of whistleblowers demonstrating that such protections were strongly supported by the Founding Fathers. Mr. Kohn previously discussed this precedent in his New York Times Op-Ed, The Whistleblowers of 1777. Mr. Kohn is also the author of The Whistleblower’s Handbook: A Step by Step Guide to Doing What’s Right and Protecting Yourself  (Lyons Press, 2011).
National Whistleblowers Center
3238 P Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20007
http://www.whistleblowers.org
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Mary Jane Wilmoth
(202) 342-1902
mjw@whistleblowers.org
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Posted by John MacHaffie at 8:20:00 AM

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