When Greenwald met Snowden

December 5, 2013 12:01 PM

Snowden and Greenwald: The Men Who Leaked the Secrets, or how two alienated, angry geeks broke the story of the year.
posted by Obscure Reference (2 comments total)

On June 21st, the Obama administration brought criminal charges against Edward Snowden for three felonies, two of which fall under the Espionage Act, which has been used in federal indictments nine times in almost a century, six of those cases being brought in the past six years. Snowden became the seventh person to be charged under the act by the Obama White House, which has launched more leak investigations than any other administration in U.S. history.

That must explain the fresh, new disclaimer at the bottom of this White House memorandum:

Transparency and Open Government

My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.

...

This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by a party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

posted by Blazecock Pileon at 12:29 PM on December 5, 2013 [2 favorites]

This was linked just yesterday in the thread started yesterday for the phone location tracking revelations. It's a good article, but I don't know that it warrants a whole separate thread given how fresh the other one is.
posted by sparkletone at 12:31 PM on December 5, 2013 [1 favorite]