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One Book 2014-2015: Homeland: Computing, Civil Liberties & National Security

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Moyers & Company: Trading Democracy for “Security”

The violent Boston rampage triggered a government response that, according to journalist Glenn Greenwald, adds a new dimension to troubling questions about government secrecy, overreach, and what we sacrifice in the name of national security. In this edition of Moyers & Company, Greenwald joins Bill to peel back layers that reveal what the Boston bombings and drone attacks have in common and how secrecy leads to abuse of government power. Also on the show, political scholars Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann tell Bill that Congress’ failure to make progress on gun control—despite support for background checks from 90 percent of the American public—is symptomatic of a legislative branch reduced to dysfunction, partisan ravings, and obstruction.

Watching Me Watching You: Nanotechnology and Civil Liberties—A Fred Friendly Seminar

Frontline: Wikisecrets: Julian Assange, Bradley Manning, and WikiLeaks

It's the biggest intelligence breach in U.S. history - the leaking of more than half-a-million classified documents on the Wikileaks website in the spring of 2010. Behind it all stand two very different men: Julian Assange, the Internet activist and hacker who published the documents and an Army intelligence analyst named Bradley E. Manning, who's currently charged with handing them over. Private Manning allegedly leaked the secret cables - along with a controversial video - in the hope of inciting "worldwide discussion, debates, and reforms." Assange's stated mission has been to force the U.S. and other governments into maximum transparency through his whistle-blowing website. Through in-depth interviews with Manning's father, Assange, and others close to the case, veteran FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith tells the full story behind the leaks. He also reports on the U.S. government's struggle to protect national security information in a post-9/11 world.

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