History has shown that each time the executive branch expands its power in the name of national security, liberty is diminished. The U.S. needs a better balance between constitutional rights and the fight against terrorism
The laws used to prosecute leakers and whistleblowers have not kept pace with the complex reality of disclosure. How do we protect national security while preserving the transparency necessary for self-government?
Now that Edward Snowden has come forward as the NSA surveillance program leak, the government must decide how to handle his case...as a criminal, whistleblower, or both.
In addition to the privacy and civil-liberties concerns surrounded the recent NSA surveillance program leak, there’s another major problem — this kind of dragnet-style data capture simply doesn’t keep us safe.
Similar to phone tracking reports in 2006, reports this week reveal the NSA is again collecting people's phone records — a move that raises serious legal and constitutional concerns.
