{"id":18028,"date":"2014-10-24T10:25:35","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T14:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=18028"},"modified":"2014-10-24T12:25:47","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T16:25:47","slug":"pulitzer-winner-glenn-greenwald-to-speak-on-surveillance-and-privacy-saturday-in-ottawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2014\/10\/24\/pulitzer-winner-glenn-greenwald-to-speak-on-surveillance-and-privacy-saturday-in-ottawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulitzer winner Glenn Greenwald to speak on surveillance and privacy Saturday in Ottawa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Glenn Greenwald, creator of Unclaimed Territory blog and contributing writer at Salon.com. Photo:\u00a0 Glenn Greenwald<\/a>, Creative Commons, some rights reserved<\/p><\/div>\n

For those who follow broad issues of privacy and government surveillance, or specific cases – like Edward Snowden – here’s a heads-up that Glenn Greenwald will speak in Ottawa Saturday evening at 6:30 pm. (There is an admission charge.)<\/p>\n

As described by event publicity<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Glenn Greenwald along with his colleagues at The Guardian was awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for his work on the Edward Snowden NSA documents. Glenn is also a NYT best selling author and frequent commenter on CBC, MSNBC, Morning Joe, and Democracy Now. Glenn Greenwald is now recognized as one of the most influential journalists in America.<\/p>\n

Glenn will be speaking about state surveillance, privacy and its impact on Canadians. CSEC, Canadian Security Establishment Canada, is Canada’s version of the NSA. CSEC is a full partner in\u00a0Five Eyes. CSEC is putting the final touches on their new facility in Ottawa, at $1.5 billion dollars, it is the most expensive building ever built in Canada. What are they doing there? Come join us and find out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Government’s response to terrorism has, of course, become even more topical with the sobering events of the past week in Canada.<\/p>\n

Here’s a sample of Greenwald’s positions in a\u00a010\/17 Q & A<\/a> with Ian MacLeod for the Ottawa Citizen<\/p>\n

Q.<\/strong>\u00a0How does Canada fare at balancing national security and civil liberty?<\/em><\/p>\n

A.<\/strong>\u00a0I don\u2019t think it fares very well at all. Canadians have this image of themselves as being more enlightened, more progressive, less radical and extreme than the United States, and there\u2019s probably some extent to which that still is true, but that\u2019s not a very high bar.<\/p>\n

The reality is that Canada has been a very eager, submissive partner to the United States and the war on terror generally and on questions of surveillance specifically. This \u201ccollect-it-all\u201d mentality, surveilling without limits, this is not an American policy, it\u2019s a Five Eyes policy of which Canada is a crucial member, a very active and enthusiastic member. (Five Eyes is the informal name for the security intelligence alliance among\u00a0Canada, the U.S., Britain, Australia and New Zealand.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In this 10\/23\u00a0interview on CBC’s “As It Happens<\/a>“, Greenwald defended a rational (but awkwardly-timed) view that Canada’s 13-year participation in military action in world hot spots means no one should be be surprised by counter-attacks on Canadian soil.<\/p>\n

Topical stuff indeed, in a country grappling with fresh trauma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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