Wikileaks, grand juries, and government harassment of activists

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ACLU attorneys Ben Wizner, Catherine Crump and John Reinstein spoke at the HOPE 9 hackers conference in New York City in July 2012. 

STELLAR WIND: NSA program spied on “hundreds of millions” of Americans, says Thomas Drake

"In effect, the United States of America was turned into the equivalent of a foreign nation for the purpose of dragnet electronic surveillance, on a very wide scale."

- NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake

NSA whistleblower Bill Binney at #HOPE9

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NSA whistleblower Bill Binney delivered the keynote address at the HOPE 9 hackers conference in New York City in early July 2012. Watch the longtime NSA cryptographer discuss what he views as the agency's moral collapse, above.

Outrage on leak hypocrisy may lead to a harsh ‘secrets act,’ advocate warns

President Obama has overseen an unprecedented war on whistleblowers, indicting six people in just three years -- more than all prior presidents combined. But his administration is now under fire for hypocrisy, accused of leaking sensitive or classified information to reporters in order to glorify the President.

Rep. Hank Johnson: Is the NSA spying on US persons?

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After NSA whistleblowers accused the secretive, behemoth military snooping agency of dragnet electronic surveillance, Representative Hank Johnson asked the head of the NSA, General Keith Alexander, some tough questions.