The Drip-Drip-Drip of NSA Revelations
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2013
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
There have been more revelations of National Security Agency spying on foreign leaders. Does Edward Snowden deserve prosecution or protection?
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:08.1 | Edward Snowden's revelations keep on coming. |
| 0:14.6 | Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International, |
| 0:18.3 | a daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:21.0 | New disclosures from National Security Agency files show contact list from Americans' email and |
| 0:26.4 | instant message accounts are being scooped up by the government. More and more countries are |
| 0:30.3 | outraged by news that their top officials were spied on. We now know the NSA helped the CIA |
| 0:35.6 | find targets for drones. |
| 0:38.1 | Last week, Edward Snowden said he wants to help the U.S. and protected citizens, |
| 0:42.1 | and a group of whistleblowers went to Russia to give him an award. |
| 0:45.2 | We'll update the latest uncovered secrets and hear different views of Snowden, the fugitive leaker, |
| 0:49.8 | who's trying to craft his own public image. |
| 0:52.1 | Today's talking point, another air apocalypse in China. |
| 0:56.1 | First, here's the news. |
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| 1:21.5 | Hello again, I'm on Al-Neback with To The Point. |
| 1:23.6 | There's been more revelations of national security agency spying on foreign leaders. |
| 1:28.3 | The online contact list of Americans have been scooped up by the millions. |
| 1:32.2 | It's all from the files of Edward Snowden that he took from the NSA before fleeing to Russia. |
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