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Home » National Security Agency

Tag: National Security Agency

Posted inArts & Culture

A drama inspired by the Edward Snowden leaks fails to stick to its own source

by Tony Adler March 15, 2017August 18, 2021

Route 66 Theatre’s The Source is a strange type of bait and switch

Posted inFilm

In Snowden, a private life obscures a public scandal

by J.R. Jones September 29, 2016August 18, 2021

Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as the notorious whistle-blower in Oliver Stone’s new biopic.

Posted inNews & Politics

Tales from the crypto party

by Brandon Smith April 23, 2015August 18, 2021

You don’t need to wait for reform of government surveillance programs to stay reasonably private on your computer and phone. A local offshoot of the global CryptoParty movement is helping put secrecy tools at Chicagoans’ fingertips.

Barack Obama, then a state senator, campaigns for the U.S. Senate in 2004—and we know what happened next.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

When Obama needed public-access TV to reach voters

by Ben Joravsky January 14, 2014August 18, 2021

A 2003 interview captures Obama explaining how he’s a “populist.”

Posted inBlogs

Whatever you think of Edward Snowden is probably wrong

by Michael Miner December 31, 2013August 19, 2021

Edward Snowden doesn’t fit convenient categories.

Posted inBlogs

Did Edward Snowden tell us anything we didn’t already know?

by Michael Miner June 25, 2013August 19, 2021

Cynicism and the national defense

Posted inBlogs

Where are the editorial cartoonists who take the side of the NSA?

by Michael Miner June 18, 2013August 19, 2021

Editorial cartoonists take one side in the NSA scandal.

Posted inBlogs

When surveillance culture was funny

by Ben Sachs June 11, 2013August 19, 2021

Regarding a fortuitous revival of Allen Funt’s Candid Microphone

Posted inBlogs

Chicago Tribune writers engage federal surveillance programs

by Michael Miner June 10, 2013August 19, 2021

John Kass, Clarence Page, and Steve Chapman all chime in.

Posted inBlogs

TIFF Review: The Most Dangerous Man in America

by J.R. Jones September 14, 2009August 19, 2021

A new documentary profiles the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers.

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