Articles by Jenna McLaughlin
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New Film Tells the Story of Edward Snowden; Here Are the Surveillance Programs He Helped Expose
Jenna McLaughlin and Talya Cooper – The Intercept,
19 Sep 2016
In the hope that Oliver Stone’s movie will spark more widespread interest in the NSA programs Snowden helped bring to light, The Intercept has compiled its stories based on the archive of documents, which can be explored through the chart below.
→ read full articleVindication for Edward Snowden from a New Player in NSA Whistleblowing Saga
Jenna McLaughlin and Dan Froomkin – The Intercept,
30 May 2016
New key player: John Crane, a former assistant inspector general at the Pentagon who was responsible for protecting whistleblowers was forced to become one himself when the process failed.
→ read full articleL.A. Activists Want to Bring Surveillance Conversation Down to Earth
Jenna McLaughlin – The Intercept,
11 Apr 2016
The LAPD uses big data for “predictive policing,” street cameras with highly accurate facial recognition capabilities, Stingrays, and DRT boxes — which imitate cellphone towers to track nearby phones or jam signals — automatic license plate readers, body cameras, and drones. “How many different ways are our bodies being constantly tracked, traced, and monitored, not just online?”
→ read full articleTop European Court Rules That NSA Spying Makes U.S. Unsafe For Data
Jenna McLaughlin – The Intercept,
12 Oct 2015
6 Oct 2015 – The European Union no longer considers the United States a “safe harbor” for data because the National Security Agency surveillance exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden “enables interference, by United States public authorities, with the fundamental rights of persons.”
→ read full articleFor American Psychological Association, National Security Trumped Torture Concerns
Jenna McLaughlin – The Intercept,
27 Jul 2015
The report describes how repeated expressions of concern from within the CIA itself that psychologists had no place in the abusive treatment of detainees were brushed aside by leaders of what was supposed to be a highly ethical professional association. Psychologists with close ties to the CIA, in some cases even involving financial relationships, cited national security as the reason to ignore their fundamental oaths to do no harm.
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