Find Two Hours To Watch Glenn Greenwald Debate Michael Hayden
from the watch-it dept http://new.livestream.com/Munk-Debates/events/2939050/videos/49783440
If you have (a little less than) 2 hours this weekend, find a way to sit
down and watch the mother of all debates about the NSA surveillance
program, in which former CIA and NSA boss Michael Hayden and reporter Glenn Greenwald debate each other.
Hayden had (in)famous law professor Alan Dershowitz on his side, and
Greenwald had Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian on his side, and they both
had their interesting moments, but this debate was all about Greenwald
v. Hayden and they did not disappoint. Greenwald knocked it out of the
park. Hayden came off as condescending and evasive, while Greenwald had
facts readily at hand. Hayden said he wanted to debate on the actual
facts, and Greenwald brought a bunch, which Hayden didn't respond to.
Dershowitz kept insisting that it was all okay because the people at the
NSA had proper motives (I don't recall where in the 4th Amendment
there's an exception for motives). Meanwhile, Ohanian highlighted how
the NSA is actually making us all less secure and massively harming the
economy. The video of the debate is below, but you have to skip ahead to
29 minutes.
It might not surprise folks to find that I found Greenwald convincing, but I was not the only one:
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