About this ebook
Just how far do American privacy rights extend?
And how far is too far when it comes to government secrecy in the name of security?
These are just a few of the questions that have dominated American consciousness since Edward Snowden exposed the breath of the NSA's domestic surveillance program.
In these seven previously unpublished essays, a group of prominent legal and political experts delve in to life After Snowden, examining the ramifications of the infamous leak from multiple angles:
• Washington lawyer and literary agent RONALD GOLDFARB acts as the book's editor and provides an introduction outlining the many debates sparked by the Snowden leaks.
• Pulitzer Prize winning journalist BARRY SIEGEL analyses the role of the state secrets provision in the judicial system.
• Former Assistant Secretary of State HODDING CARTER explores whether the press is justified in unearthing and publishing classified information.
• Ethics expert and dean of the UC Berkley School of Journalism EDWARD WASSERMAN discusses the uneven relationship between journalists and whistleblowers.
• Georgetown Law Professor DAVID COLE addresses the motives and complicated legacy of Snowden and other leakers.
• Director of the National Security Archive THOMAS BLANTON looks at the impact of the Snowden leaks on the classification of government documents.
• Dean of the University of Florida Law School JON MILLS addresses the constitutional right to privacy and the difficulties of applying it in the digital age.
About the author
Thomas S. Blanton is the Director of the National Security Archive at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He is the recipient of journalism's George Polk Award and his articles have appeared in The International Herald-Tribune, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Slate, the Wilson Quarterly, and many other publications.
Hodding Carter is professor of leadership and public policy at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. A longtime journalist, his work as chief correspondent on the PBS show Inside Story won him four national Emmys and an Edward R. Murrow Award.
David Cole is the Hon. George J. Mitchell Professor in Law and Public Policy at Georgetown University Law Center where he teaches constitutional law, national security, and criminal justice. He is also the legal affairs correspondent for The Nation, and a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books.
Ronald Goldfarb is a veteran Washington D.C. attorney, author of 13 books, including In Confidence, and a literary agent. He has worked as trial counsel in the US Air Force JAG, a prosecutor for the United States Department of Justice and severed as special counsel to a congressional investigation.
Jon Mills is Dean Emeritus, Professor of Law, and Director of Center for Governmental Responsibility at the University of Florida's Fredric G. Levin College of Law. From 1978-1988 he served in the Florida Legislature and was Speaker of the House in 1987-1988. As a lawyer, he has appeared in courts nationwide arguing on topics including voting rights and constitutional law and, as a teacher, he has directed major studies in Brazil, Poland, Haiti, and Central America.
Barry Siegel is a Professor of English at the University of California Irvine and the Director of the UC Irvine Literary Journalism Program. From 1980-2003 he worked as a national correspondent for The Los Angeles Times and won numerous journalistic accolades including The Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing.
Edward Wasserman is the Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at The University of California Berkeley. He writes an internationally distributed biweekly column for the Miami Herald and contributes to numerous other media outlets, frequently sharing his take on journalistic issues ranging from political campaign coverage and plagiarism to WikiLeaks.
