Tag Archives: Alan Rusbridger

Stephen Fry attacks ‘squalid’ coalition for inaction on Snowden revelations

June 7, 2014 · by · in Activism, Constitutional Rights, International Relations, Surveillance

Broadcaster denounces government response in speech at conference marking first anniversary of publication of NSA files Mark Townsend and Kevin Rawlinson  The Guardian/  The Observer  Saturday 7 June 2014 Link to video: Stephen Fry on surveillance: there is something squalid and rancid about being spied on Stephen Fry has denounced the government’s failure to act over the mass surveillance programme revealed […]

[Video] Greenwald Sacks BBC’s Stephen Sackur

December 2, 2013 · by · in corporate media, National Security Complex, Surveillance

Glenn Greenwald “The Goal Of The U.S. Government Is To Eliminate ALL Privacy Globally!” Posted on Nov 29, 2013    truthdig.com      Stephen Sackur of BBC’s “HARDtalk” appeared absurd this week when he challenged Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who led reporting on the NSA documents leaked by Edward Snowden, on minutiae irrelevant to the historic revelations that British […]

Peter Hart: When the State Attacks Journalism

August 23, 2013 · by · in corporate empire, National Security Complex

The demand was the same: hand the Snowden material back or destroy it. I explained that we could not research and report on this subject if we complied with this request. The man from Whitehall looked mystified. “You’ve had your debate. There’s no need to write any more.” By Peter Hart  August 20, 2013  FAIR.org On […]