Breaking the Set: New Illegal War Begins, Surveillance Overhaul & Chris Hedges Breaks the Set

Breaking the Set: New Illegal War Begins, Surveillance Overhaul & Chris Hedges Breaks the Set
Abby Martin remarks on the start of US airstrikes in Syria despite restrictions against such actions under international law. Former NSA officer and whistleblower Bill Binney goes over why the USA Freedom Act being argued in Congress doesn’t resolve issues with the existing surveillance framework in the US. Finally, journalist and author Chris Hedges reveals where the recent mass climate change demonstrations in New York fall short, as well as why he believes revolt is the only solution to restoring a functioning American democracy.

Using Tragedy as an Excuse to Spy on Americans
After the September 11 attacks on America, security agencies were scrambling to make the US a safer place. On this episode of the Whistleblowers, John Kiriakou speaks to William Binney, who blew the whistle on a program allowing the NSA to spy on literally every American. It was a game-changing decision, patently illegal, and extraordinarily expensive. Binney was publicly critical of the NSA spying on American citizens after September 11, saying Trailblazer was “better than anything that the KGB, the Stasi, or the Gestapo and SS ever had.”

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