Obama Authorizes Assassinations of U S Citizens - English
Salon.coms Glen Greenwald has drawn attention to an article in the Washington Post which reports that U.S. military teams and intelligence agencies are deeply involved in secret joint operations...
Salon.coms Glen Greenwald has drawn attention to an article in the Washington Post which reports that U.S. military teams and intelligence agencies are deeply involved in secret joint operations with Yemeni troops who in the past six weeks have killed scores of people.
Greenwald points out that buried in the Post story is the revelation that American citizens are now being placed on a secret hit list of people whom the president has personally authorized to be killed.
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Salon.coms Glen Greenwald has drawn attention to an article in the Washington Post which reports that U.S. military teams and intelligence agencies are deeply involved in secret joint operations with Yemeni troops who in the past six weeks have killed scores of people.
Greenwald points out that buried in the Post story is the revelation that American citizens are now being placed on a secret hit list of people whom the president has personally authorized to be killed.
[25 Oct 2013] The Debate - US spying scandal - English
The US spying scandal has spread in scope and geography: The latest: The US National Security Agency has spied on Germans, including Chancellor Angela Merkel. Add to that, French diplomats in...
The US spying scandal has spread in scope and geography: The latest: The US National Security Agency has spied on Germans, including Chancellor Angela Merkel. Add to that, French diplomats in Washington and at the UN, not to mention Italy, Brazil, Mexico, and of course, the US itself. All based on leaks from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, through Glen Greenwald, the outgoing Guardian journalist, who is feeding the material from Brazil.
In this debate, we will discuss what the repercussions of this US spying on its allies would be, and try to get to the bottom of how vast this spying has been, and whether the countries involved will do anything about it.
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The US spying scandal has spread in scope and geography: The latest: The US National Security Agency has spied on Germans, including Chancellor Angela Merkel. Add to that, French diplomats in Washington and at the UN, not to mention Italy, Brazil, Mexico, and of course, the US itself. All based on leaks from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, through Glen Greenwald, the outgoing Guardian journalist, who is feeding the material from Brazil.
In this debate, we will discuss what the repercussions of this US spying on its allies would be, and try to get to the bottom of how vast this spying has been, and whether the countries involved will do anything about it.