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after he had begun communicating via e-mail with both the washington post and the guardian, a british newspaper. snowden disclosed to the papers details of a top secret surveillance program called prism operated by the national security agency, the nsa. last week snowden surfaced in hong kong via video to explain his actions. snowden denied any intent to harm u.s. security. he claimed he blew the whistle on the nsa to prompt a public debate about the programs legitimacy and propriety. ...

of this week had he was sacked. three weeks ago mr. snowden triggered a federal manhunt after he had begun communicating via e-mail with both the washington post and the guardian, a british newspaper. snowden disclosed to the papers details of a top secret surveillance program called prism operated by the national security agency, the nsa. last week snowden surfaced in hong kong via video to explain his actions. snowden denied any intent to harm u.s. security. he claimed he blew the wh...

had a press to do stories, to tell stories and to produce books that had a social justice focus that were not interested in a trickle-down telling of history, but a rising-up telling of history. and i think its very fitting that someone like tom engelhardt would be publishing with hay market books because it really is a match made in rebellion. [laughter] for years i, actually, thought tom engelhardts name was tomdispatch -- [laughter] because i subscribed to this wonderful newsletter ...