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Richard Cohen’s Edward Snowden Assessment, Revised
You can read his column here. Being both a former CIA analyst-turned-whistleblower-turned-Hill staffer, my background–and my sense of the history of these things–lead me to offer the following: The only traitors in this episode are executive branch officials who knowingly … Continue reading
The Drone Wars
Text of my remarks (as prepared) for the anti-drone war event sponsored by the BuxMont Chapter of the Coalition for Peace Action: The Drone WarsBy Patrick G. Eddington BuxMont Coalition for Peace ActionBuxMont Unitarian Universalist Fellowship,2040 W. … Continue reading
Pew Poll Shows Hope For NSA Domestic Spying Opponents
Although the poll shows the public narrowly approving of NSA’s activities, a closer look at the data shows the following: And the historical trend shift is very encouraging: The key to moving public opinion further towards repeal is 1) more … Continue reading
NSL’s: The Other PATRIOT Act Authority That’s Been Violated
Although the Section 215 PATRIOT Act and Section 702 FISA Amendment Act authorities are the ones that have received so much coverage in the wake of Edward Snowden’s revelations, it’s worth remembering that earlier this year a federal judge found … Continue reading
The Amash Amendment, Legislative History And The Surveillance State
In the aftermath of the defeat of the NSA funding restriction amendment to the Fiscal Year 2014 Department of Defense Appropriations bill offered by Rep. Amash, I did a little vote comparing: PATRIOT Act expiring provision reauthorization vote, 2011: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll036.xml … Continue reading
Defunding Surveillance: Are The Votes There This Week?
Today, the House takes up the FY14 DoD Appropriations bill (HR 2397). A total of 100 amendments were made in order by the Rules Committee, and if you’re interested in ending the Surveillance State the last two will be of … Continue reading
Citizens, Not Suspects
From a recent op-ed on MSNBC: For most of our history prior to the 9/11 attacks, a fundamental American principle was that those who search, seize, intercept and detain should not be allowed to decide who are the bad guys … Continue reading
The NSA Domestic Spying Scandal: Editorial Extracts
As it’s been more than a month since the first of Edward Snowden’s revelations were made public, I thought it would be interesting to chronicle editorial board reaction from around the country, along with some views of other key commentators … Continue reading
Migrating From Squarespace to WordPress
Folks, I’m in the process of transitioning this blog from Squarespace to WordPress. Please pardon the disruption in appearance, etc. I hope to have this transition completed over the weekend or by early next week. Many thanks, Pat Eddington
Long Strange Journey 