Re-state of the Union
This is what the president should have said.
NSA
NSA Whistle-Blower Edward Snowden Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize
Nominated by two Norwegian politicians
NSA Names Its First Privacy Officer
Rebecca "Becky" Richards is leaving the Department of Homeland Security to take up the position
Snowden Thinks There Are 'Significant Threats' to His Life
Made the comment in interview with German TV
Bush Republicans Condemn the RNC's Anti-Surveillance Resolution
Bush Republicans vs. Paul Republicans.
Bush Era Republicans Denounce RNC's NSA Resolution
Says the resolution includes factual errors
Google's Chief Legal Officer Says Obama's NSA Reforms Don't Go Far Enough
But calls Obama's recent speech on the NSA a "positive step"
Snowden: EU Efforts To Thwart US Surveillance Likely To Fail
Says cloud servers won't "stop the NSA"
Candidates From Both Parties Run Against the NSA
Most Americans disapprove of the NSA's collection of telephone metadata
Secret Government Is the Chief Threat to Liberty
Obama's NSA reforms flunk civil libertarian tests.
Snowden: US Can Recover from Fallout of Surveillance News
Well, only if they're willing to admit a problem in the first place
Edward Snowden Livechats Via Twitter About NSA's Criminal Actions While Holder Offers Plea Deal for Exposing Them
More and more it appears Snowden did, indeed, expose illegal behavior
Privacy Board to Obama: Shut Down Bulk Telephone Data Collection, It's Illegal
Three out of five board members agree
President Obama's NSA Placebo
His most recent speech was a thinly disguised effort to change the subject.
The Surveillance State Lives
In sizing up Obama's "reforms" of the indiscriminate gathering of data on every American, remember this: Politicians will do everything they can get away with in pursuit of their own agenda.
Obama's Privacy Epiphany
Why it's hard to believe the president is serious about surveillance reform
DOJ withholding some NSA surveillance documents from ACLU
Related to lawsuit about lack of transparency
Snowden Seeks Protection, Fearing Threats from Government Officials, Lawyer Says
NSA officials told media outlet they wanted to kill whistle-blower
Obama: Champion of the Surveillance State
From a critic of the Patriot Act to its defender, it's been quite a transformation.
Human Rights Watch: Obama's NSA Reforms Don't Go Far Enough
Head of the organization says rights continue to be violated
Poll: Most Americans Oppose NSA Collection of Phone Metadata
Most also believe that the reforms Obama recently announced won't change much
US Tech Companies Working To Address 'Snowden Effect' in China
Chinese wary of surveillance
Mass Surveillance Proves Pointless
Never have so many Americans been brought under surveillance for such a meager payoff.
