Secrets and Sovereignty
Barton discusses the troubling implications of government secrecy, highlighting instances where classified information has been misused, including unethical experiments on servicemen. He argues that the rationale for keeping certain information hidden often undermines the principle of popular sovereignty, emphasizing that the public deserves to know when their government acts against common sense and law. The conversation challenges the notion that protecting corporate interests justifies withholding information from the American people.In this clip
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CYBER AUGUST: “Snowden & Surveillance” – Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Barton Gellman
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