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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

Jane Mayer and James Surowiecki on government secrets and privacy.

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

Barack, Washington, Wickenden, News, Obama, Politics, Wnyc, Lizza, President

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2013

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Jane Mayer and James Surowiecki on government secrets and privacy.

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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about politics.

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It's Thursday, June 13th. I'm Dorothy Wickendon, executive editor of The New Yorker.

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This week, everybody was consumed by Edward Snowden's disclosures that the NSA routinely collects

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data on the phone calls of millions of

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Americans along with the emails and files of foreign targets. I sitting my desk certainly

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had the authorities to wiretap anyone from you or your accountant to a federal judge to even

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the president if I had a personal email. That was Snowden, a former employee of the government contractor, Booz Allen,

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in a video that was released earlier this week by The Guardian.

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Jane Mayer and James Surawicki are here today to talk about the changes the country has undergone since 9-11

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when it comes to guarding government secrets and protecting personal privacy.

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Jane, what did Snowden reveal that we didn't already know?

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Well, he let it be known publicly that there are blanket and routine searches collecting

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