In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important leak than Edward Snowden’s release of NSA material – and that definitely includes the Pentagon Papers 40 years ago. Snowden’s whistleblowing gives us the possibility to roll back a key part of what has amounted to an “executive coup” against the US constitution. [more...]
guardian: Daniel Ellsberg: Edward Snowden: saving us from the United Stasi of America
wikipedia: Daniel Ellsberg
