Fordham Notes: Glenn Greenwald
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Fordham Panel to Scrutinize Government Spying

Glenn Greenwald
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Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who Edward Snowden turned to when he leaked documents about the National Security Agency's top-secret surveillance programs, will join a panel of experts on Thursday, Nov. 14 for a discussion at Fordham Law School titled "They're Watching Us: So What?"

For the discussion, which will be held from 7-8:30 p.m. at the McNally Amphitheatre, the Center on National Security has also lined up:



-Bruce Schneier, a cryptographer, computer security and privacy specialist, and author of Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive (Wiley, 2012)

Chief among the issues they will be tasked with addressing is what we know—and don’t yet know—about how surveillance is reshaping our public and private lives. 

The panel will be moderated by Suzanne Nossel, Executive Director of PEN American Center, and will also try to answer questions such as:

What effect is the expansive American surveillance state having on us? 

Are the programs that Snowden revealed inhibiting the way we think, speak, and create, distorting social interactions, damaging individuals or communities? 

The discussion will be live-streamed at http://www.pen.org/event/2013/10/25/theyre-watching-us-so-what

For more information and to RSVP, visit http://centeronnationalsecurity.org/node/835, or e-mail nationalsecurity@law.fordham.edu 

—Patrick Verel

Friday, November 1, 2013

Celia Fisher to talk ethics of surveillance on Al Jazeera America



What does it mean to live in a surveillance state? The Al Jazeera America program, Fault Lines, investigates the fallout over the National Security Agency's mass data collection programs in the U.S. and abroad. 
Ethics expert, Celia Fisher, Ph.D., the Mary Ward Doty Endowed University Chair and Professor of Psychology, is featured in the program, which premieres on Al Jazeera America on Friday, Nov.1, at 10:30 p.m. ET. The program will repeat on Al Jazeera America on Nov. 2, at 7p ET, and then air on Al Jazeera English on Nov. 6, at 6:30p ET.
In the episode, Fisher discusses the psychological effects and ethical implications of surveillance. The program will also feature in-depth interviews with journalist Glenn Greenwald and NSA director Keith Alexander.

- Gina Vergel