Edward Snowden and Daniel Ellsberg Talk: 'Is Whistleblowing Worth Prison or a Life in Exile?'



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Edward Snowden and Daniel Ellsberg Talk: 'Is Whistleblowing Worth Prison or a Life in Exile?' 
Worried about Trump's assault on press freedom ... Edward Snowden and Daniel Ellsberg Composite. (photo: Getty Images/Alan Rusbridger/Guardian UK)
Edward Snowden, Daniel Ellsberg and Ewen MacAskill, Guardian UK 
Excerpt: "During a two-hour internet linkup between Ellsberg in Berkeley, California, Snowden in Moscow and the Guardian in London, the whistleblowers discussed the ethics, practicalities and agonised internal debate involved in whistleblowing and how The Post has a special resonance today in Trump's America." 
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Trump Sees No Need to Reach Across the Aisle, Calls for "Nuclear Option" to End Shutdown 
Daniel Politi, Slate 
Politi writes: "President Donald Trump appears to have woken up in a bad mood Sunday morning, his patience seemingly wearing thin on the second day of the government shutdown that officially started on Saturday." 
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Robert Fisk | Trump Is Making the Middle East More Violent 
Robert Fisk, The Independent 
Fisk writes: "There really is no point any more in talking about Donald Trump or US foreign policy. They do not exist. Indeed, the Trump 'presidency' is about as real as 'Palestine.'" 
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After Huge US Crowds, European Women Join Chorus for Change 
Danica Kirka, Sandy Cohen and Tamara Lush, Associated Press 
Excerpt: "Thousands of people on two continents picked up the baton from the United States and rallied Sunday in solidarity with women demanding equality, justice and an end to sexual harassment." 
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This Week, 89 Larry Nassar Victims Raised Their Voices About His Abuse. Cable News Ignored Them. 
Lindsay Gibbs, ThinkProgress 
Gibbs writes: "Nearly 100 women came forward in court to speak directly to the man who sexually abused them for decades while he was employed and enabled by the U.S. Olympic Committee, USA Gymnastics, and Michigan State University, and cable news hardly gave the Larry Nassar sentencing hearing a second thought." 
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Trump's 24-Year-Old Drug Policy Appointee Was Let Go at Law Firm After He 'Just Didn't Show' 
Robert O'Harrow Jr., The Washington Post 
Harrow writes: "A former Trump campaign worker appointed at age 23 to a top position in the White House's drug policy office had been let go from a job at a law firm because he repeatedly missed work, a partner at the firm said." 
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5 Recent Victories for the Oceans 
Andy Sharpless, Oceana 
Sharpless writes: "Belize made history in late December when it signed into law a moratorium on offshore oil drilling in the entirety of Belizean waters, which contain the second largest barrier reef system in the world (and largest in the Western Hemisphere)." 
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