Mitch McConnell Will Do Just About Anything Not to Vindicate Edward Snowden
Although the Senate Majority Leader has managed to extend his fight longer than pretty much anyone anticipated, come May 31, he loses, and Snowden wins.
Dan Froomkin
Dan Froomkin is the former Washington Editor of The Intercept.
An outspoken proponent of accountability journalism, he wrote the popular “White House Watch” column at the Washington Post from 2004 to 2009. His career in journalism started in local news, and since then he has served as the senior Washington correspondent and bureau chief for the Huffington Post, as editor of WashingtonPost.com, and as deputy editor of NiemanWatchdog.org. He lives in Washington, D.C.
An outspoken proponent of accountability journalism, he wrote the popular “White House Watch” column at the Washington Post from 2004 to 2009. His career in journalism started in local news, and since then he has served as the senior Washington correspondent and bureau chief for the Huffington Post, as editor of WashingtonPost.com, and as deputy editor of NiemanWatchdog.org. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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Edward Snowden Cheers On Rand Paul
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Making a Killing
The Infernal Cocktail Party Corruption of Washington's Elite Media
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Speech Recognition is NSA's Best-Kept Open Secret
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Snowden Archive
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A federal court ruled the program is not authorized by Section 215 of the Patriot Act and called the government's legal justification "unprecedented and unwarranted."