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Snowden Interview:
Why the Media Isn't
Doing its Job
Emily Bell,
Columbia Journalism
Review
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden sat down with the Columbia Journalism Review (virtually, of course) to discuss the power of the press, using social media to fight terrorists and the concept of a global counter-terrorism task force with universal jurisdiction.
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