Glenn Greenwald
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Great seeing you, Megan. Thanks.
Great seeing you, Megan. Thanks.
Great seeing you, Megan. Thanks.
Whether you like it or not, Donald Trump has deputized Elon Musk to have this agency that's designed to eliminate waste as the White House sees it. Wasteful spending, unnecessary spending. And so when the people that are Part of this effort that Donald Trump has created after he won the election went to USAID and it's happened in other agencies too.
Whether you like it or not, Donald Trump has deputized Elon Musk to have this agency that's designed to eliminate waste as the White House sees it. Wasteful spending, unnecessary spending. And so when the people that are Part of this effort that Donald Trump has created after he won the election went to USAID and it's happened in other agencies too.
Whether you like it or not, Donald Trump has deputized Elon Musk to have this agency that's designed to eliminate waste as the White House sees it. Wasteful spending, unnecessary spending. And so when the people that are Part of this effort that Donald Trump has created after he won the election went to USAID and it's happened in other agencies too.
You see almost this physical resistance, like how dare you come into our realm? You don't run us. You're just the elected part of the government. Where this agency that exists independent of you, where does this mentality come from that they have this right to pursue their own agenda independent of any elected officials or elected parts of the government?
You see almost this physical resistance, like how dare you come into our realm? You don't run us. You're just the elected part of the government. Where this agency that exists independent of you, where does this mentality come from that they have this right to pursue their own agenda independent of any elected officials or elected parts of the government?
You see almost this physical resistance, like how dare you come into our realm? You don't run us. You're just the elected part of the government. Where this agency that exists independent of you, where does this mentality come from that they have this right to pursue their own agenda independent of any elected officials or elected parts of the government?
Obviously, the question of what Edward Snowden did, whether he did everything exactly the way people think he should have is a point that can be debated, has been debated for a long time. One thing I will note is that at the time of the reporting, there was a lot of support, both from the left and the right, the kind of anti-establishment populist wings of both parties. I remember it very well.
Obviously, the question of what Edward Snowden did, whether he did everything exactly the way people think he should have is a point that can be debated, has been debated for a long time. One thing I will note is that at the time of the reporting, there was a lot of support, both from the left and the right, the kind of anti-establishment populist wings of both parties. I remember it very well.
Obviously, the question of what Edward Snowden did, whether he did everything exactly the way people think he should have is a point that can be debated, has been debated for a long time. One thing I will note is that at the time of the reporting, there was a lot of support, both from the left and the right, the kind of anti-establishment populist wings of both parties. I remember it very well.
And it was the centrist, bipartisan establishment wing that was enraged by what Edward Snowden did, because what he did, I think we have to remember, is
And it was the centrist, bipartisan establishment wing that was enraged by what Edward Snowden did, because what he did, I think we have to remember, is
And it was the centrist, bipartisan establishment wing that was enraged by what Edward Snowden did, because what he did, I think we have to remember, is
this question of whether he's a traitor let's remember that like tulsi gabbard edward snowden after 9 11 went to enlist in the united states army he heeded his government's call to go to war to defend his country he then went to work for the cia and the nsa and only there did he discover that the nsa was doing things that it was never supposed to be doing namely turning its very powerful surveillance tools onto its own citizenry it was always supposed to be directed outward
this question of whether he's a traitor let's remember that like tulsi gabbard edward snowden after 9 11 went to enlist in the united states army he heeded his government's call to go to war to defend his country he then went to work for the cia and the nsa and only there did he discover that the nsa was doing things that it was never supposed to be doing namely turning its very powerful surveillance tools onto its own citizenry it was always supposed to be directed outward
this question of whether he's a traitor let's remember that like tulsi gabbard edward snowden after 9 11 went to enlist in the united states army he heeded his government's call to go to war to defend his country he then went to work for the cia and the nsa and only there did he discover that the nsa was doing things that it was never supposed to be doing namely turning its very powerful surveillance tools onto its own citizenry it was always supposed to be directed outward
And spying on Americans without warrants in ways that Obama's national security DNI, his chief intelligence officer, James Clapper, falsely denied to Congress that they were doing. And he felt duty bound to come forward and let his fellow citizens know. And some of the programs we were able to reveal as a result of what he did. Ended up being declared both unconstitutional and illegal.
And spying on Americans without warrants in ways that Obama's national security DNI, his chief intelligence officer, James Clapper, falsely denied to Congress that they were doing. And he felt duty bound to come forward and let his fellow citizens know. And some of the programs we were able to reveal as a result of what he did. Ended up being declared both unconstitutional and illegal.