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James Bamford

Union army telegraph operators just after the battle of Gettysburg. The Civil War is sometimes described as the first information war. Intercepted messages landed on Abraham Lincoln's desk.

The history of electronic surveillance, from Abraham Lincoln’s wiretaps to Operation Shamrock

Conflict & Justice

Did you know the official electronic eavesdropping goes back to the Civil War and the days of the telegraph?

Merkel

The assumption is all countries spy on each other, but only one country has an eavesdropping nuclear weapon

Global Politics

NSA’s Top Secret ‘XKeyscore’ Sweeps Up Online Activity

Conflict & Justice

U.S. Secretly Collecting Telephone Records of Millions of Americans

National Security Agency Collecting Phone Records of Millions of Americans

Global Politics
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NOVA’s ‘The Spy Factory’

Global Politics

A new NOVA documentary, ‘The Spy Factory,’ details how the NSA could have prevented the 9/11 attacks and how it has subsequently violated the privacy of millions of Americans. Joining us to talk about the NSA is journalist James Bamford.

The World

Eavesdropping on America: James Bamford’s ‘The Shadow Factory’

Global Politics

If the National Security Agency (NSA) is listening to your phone calls and reading your emails, would you want to know about it?

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