Eavesdropping on America

James Bamford : Antiwar Radio with Scott Horton and Charles Goyette:

"James Bamford, author of The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America, discusses the huge advances in NSA technology and invasiveness since the Church Committee‘s 1975-76 investigation of illegal intelligence gathering, the NSA’s ominously-titled “Perfect Citizen” cyber assault monitoring program, technology and free speech activists who fight internet censorship and how the major telecom hubs provide the NSA with enough information to fill enormous data centers.

MP3 here. (28:24)

http://dissentradio.com/radio/10_07_26_bamford.mp3

James Bamford is the author of three books about the NSA and a former Investigative Producer for ABC’s World News Tonight. The Emmy nominated PBS Nova program “The Spy Factory” can be watched here."

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/spyfactory/program.html