Seymour Hersh

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First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

A leader of style and substance

John F Kennedy showed grace under fire throughout his time in the White House Popular culture often provides a good barometer of where reputation stands. John F Kennedy, it seems, is a case of mercury falling.In the recent NBC TV series, Smash – a backstage ... [Published Irish Times - 3 hours ago]
First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Government secrecy, snooping isn't new, but leaked material is reaching more in Internet era

WASHINGTON It isnt the first time that the federal government has been caught spying on Americans or that classified government information has been leaked to the news media or otherwise widely distributed. The Vietnam War and civil-rights protest movements ... [Published Washington Post - Jun 14 2013]
First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

Investigative Journalism Award Ceremony

Representatives of the Government of the Republic of Cameroon,Ladies and Gentlemen,First off, I would like to thank the British High Commission for conceiving the concept of this award and for hosting us this evening. I am pleased that the U.S. Embassy ... [Published US Embassy Cameroon: Yaounde - Jun 11 2013]
First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

Eric Boehlert: Sorry Rush, Nixon Spied On Enemies; Viewed The IRS As A Political Weapon

During Richard Nixon's 1972 re-election campaign, the president's White House counsel, John Dean, met with the head of the Internal Revenue Service, Johnnie Mac Walters, and presented him with an envelope. Inside was a list of approximately 200 names ... [Published Media Matters for America - County Fair - Jun 11 2013]
First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

Smart Reads June 11, 2013

♦ Laura Poitras tells Salon how she first made contact with Edward Snowden and as says there is more footage coming. ♦ Seymour Hersh’s 2006 report on the debate within the intelligence community about the NSA’s gathering of telephone metadata is ... [Published Gideon Rachman's Blog - Jun 11 2013]
First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 1 reports

Steven Aftergood: Secret Surveillance and the Crisis of Legitimacy

Secret Surveillance and the Crisis of Legitimacy Intelligence, Leaks, Oversight, Secrecy In December 1974, when a previous program of secret government surveillance was revealed by Seymour Hersh in the New York Times, the ensuing public uproar led directly ... [Published Public Intelligence Blog - Jun 10 2013]
First reported Jun 07 2013 - Updated Jun 07 2013 - 1 reports

Christopher Hayes: The Secret Government and How to End It

An effective investigation into the breadth of the CIA's interrogation programs must be bipartisan, similar to the work of the Church Committee in the 1970s.It is now clear that we are facing an implacable enemy whose avowed objective is world domination ... [Published The Nation - Jun 07 2013]
First reported May 31 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 1 reports

Kaplan: Why James Rosen is not blameless

WASHINGTON - As Attorney General Eric Holder wrings his hands in remorse over his feverish pursuit of Fox News reporter James Rosen’s phone records, it’s worth noting that, when it comes to national security leaks, some things are secret - and should ... [Published Salt Lake Tribune - May 31 2013]
First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 1 reports

Why James Rosen Is Not Blameless

As Eric Holder wrings his hands in remorse over his feverish pursuit of Fox News reporter James Rosen’s phone records, it’s worth noting that, when it comes to national security leaks, some things are secret—and should be kept that way—for a reason.In ... [Published Slate Magazine - May 29 2013]
First reported May 27 2013 - Updated May 27 2013 - 1 reports

CIA/MI6 helped spawn a Frankenstein’s monster

In response to the hacking to death of Lee Rigby, a young off-duty British soldier killed on a London street in broad daylight, Britain’s Home Office plans measures to prevent the radicalization of Muslim youth which include censorship of jihadist Internet ... [Published Arab News - May 27 2013]
First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Government Monitoring of Journalists, Then and Now

When the Central Intelligence Agency prepared its famous 1973 compilation of dubious and illegal Agency activities known as the “Family Jewels,” it included several instances in which reporters were tracked or monitored in order to identify their sources.  ... [Published Secrecy News - May 22 2013]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Originality and flair can take a school-leaver far

What are you going to do with your life? How are you going to achieve success?Here are the manuals; please decide now.As a student now mid-way through year 13, I am finding it increasingly impossible to avoid those bombarding questions and looming pressures ... [Published Otago Daily Times - May 21 2013]

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A leader of style and substance [Published Irish Times - 3 hours ago]
'Mountain Astrologer' Magazine Publishes Invest... [Published FinanzNachrichten.de - 16 hours ago]
Commentary:Iran's June Presidential Election & ... [Published Fars News Agency - Jun 14 2013]
Stephan A. Schwartz: A Sense of Proportion [Published Huffington Post - Jun 14 2013]
Government secrecy, snooping isn't new, but lea... [Published Squamish Chief - Jun 14 2013]
Government secrecy, snooping isn't new, but lea... [Published Washington Post - Jun 14 2013]
Investigative Journalism Award Ceremony [Published US Embassy Cameroon: Yaounde - Jun 11 2013]
Sorry Rush, Nixon Spied On Enemies; Viewed The ... [Published Media Matters for America - Jun 11 2013]
Eric Boehlert: Sorry Rush, Nixon Spied On Enemi... [Published Media Matters for America - County Fair - Jun 11 2013]
Smart Reads June 11, 2013 [Published Gideon Rachman's Blog - Jun 11 2013]
Steven Aftergood: Secret Surveillance and the C... [Published Public Intelligence Blog - Jun 10 2013]
"Too Much Essential Information on Intelligence... [Published Mother Jones - Jun 10 2013]
"Too Much Essential Information on Intelligence... [Published Mojo Feed | Mother Jones - Jun 10 2013]
Secret Surveillance and the Crisis of Legitimacy [Published Secrecy News - Jun 10 2013]
Washington Escalates War on Syria [Published Mathaba.net - Jun 08 2013]
Christopher Hayes: The Secret Government and Ho... [Published The Nation - Jun 07 2013]
MI5 Woolwich failure due to geopolitical allian... [Published open Democracy News Analysis - - Jun 03 2013]
Journalism: the practice and the theory [Published Village Magazine - Jun 03 2013]
American Military Brutality in Vietnam [Published Cutting Edge News - Jun 03 2013]
Iran's June Presidential Election [Published San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center - Jun 02 2013]
Kaplan: Why James Rosen is not blameless [Published Salt Lake Tribune - May 31 2013]
Tom Hayden: Who’s Right? [Published ZNet - May 30 2013]
Why James Rosen Is Not Blameless [Published Slate Magazine - May 29 2013]
CIA/MI6 helped spawn a Frankenstein’s monster [Published Arab News - May 27 2013]
“The machiavelian threefold game of the neocons... [Published Voltaire Network - May 25 2013]
Government Monitoring of Journalists, Then and Now [Published Secrecy News - May 22 2013]
Obama Returns to Kissinger's Realpolitik [Published Spiegel Online - May 22 2013]
Originality and flair can take a school-leaver far [Published Otago Daily Times - May 21 2013]
Why There Is So Much Pro-War Reporting [Published The Big Picture Blog - May 18 2013]
5 Reasons that Both Mainstream Media – and Gate... [Published Zero Hedge - May 14 2013]
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Eric Boehlert: Sorry Rush, Nixon Spied On Enemi... [Published Media Matters for America - County Fair - Jun 11 2013]
During Richard Nixon's 1972 re-election campaign, the president's White House counsel, John Dean, met with the head of the Internal Revenue Service, Johnnie Mac Walters, and presented him with an envelope. Inside was a list of approximately 200 names ...
Smart Reads June 11, 2013 [Published Gideon Rachman's Blog - Jun 11 2013]
♦ Laura Poitras tells Salon how she first made contact with Edward Snowden and as says there is more footage coming. ♦ Seymour Hersh’s 2006 report on the debate within the intelligence community about the NSA’s gathering of telephone metadata is ...
"Too Much Essential Information on Intelligence... [Published Mojo Feed | Mother Jones - Jun 10 2013]
One of the sharpest government secrecy analysts in Washington, DC, is Steven Aftergood, who publishes the indispensable Secrecy News Blog , a daily report on all things related to the dark matter of the US government. So it's no surprise that Aftergood ...
Secret Surveillance and the Crisis of Legitimacy [Published Secrecy News - Jun 10 2013]
In December 1974, when a previous program of secret government surveillance was revealed by Seymour Hersh in the New York Times, the ensuing public uproar led directly to extensive congressional investigations and the creation of new mechanisms of oversight, ...
Government Monitoring of Journalists, Then and Now [Published Secrecy News - May 22 2013]
When the Central Intelligence Agency prepared its famous 1973 compilation of dubious and illegal Agency activities known as the “Family Jewels,” it included several instances in which reporters were tracked or monitored in order to identify their sources.  ...
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