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No Place to Hide: Award-Winning Journalist Robert O'Harrow
Goes Behind the Scenes of Our Emerging Surveillance Society
Nepal: The Completion of a Coup?
No Place to Hide: Award-Winning Journalist Robert
O'Harrow Goes Behind the Scenes of Our Emerging Surveillance
Society
O'Harrow explores how the government is teaming up with
private companies to collect massive amounts of data on citizens
and how. He writes, "More than ever before, the details
about our lives are no longer our own. They belong to the
companies that collect them, and the government agencies that
buy or demand them in the name of keeping us safe."
This week in New York, three members of the Malcolm X Grassroots
Movement were arrested in Brooklyn. At the time of their arrest,
the three were monitoring police activities as part of the
group"s Copwatch Program and were attempting to film
a police beating. They were stopped and arrested on charges
of assault and obstruction of governmental administration.
The three deny the charges.
Citizens trying to monitor the state. What happens when the
state joins with private companies in monitoring you? When
you go to work, stop at the store, fly in a plane, or surf
the web, you are being watched. They know where you live,
the value of your home, the names of your friends and family
- even what you read. Where the data revolution meets national
security, there is no place to hide.
That is the title of a new book that examines how the government
is turning information technologies against its own citizens.
We are joined now by Robert O'Harrow, author of "No Place
to Hide." He is a reporter for The Washington Post and
is an associate of the Center for Investigative Reporting.
He was a Pultizer Prize finalist for articles on privacy and
technology and a recipient of the 2003 Carnegie Mellon Cyber
Security Reporting Award. He joins us from Washington DC.
- Robert O'Harrow, Jr. , reporter for The Washington Post
and is an associate of the Center for Investigative Reporting.
He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for articles on privacy
and technology and a recipient of the 2003 Carnegie Mellon
Cyber Security Reporting Award. NoPlaceToHide.net
Nepal: The Completion of a Coup?
As international attention continues to remain firmly focused
on Iraq, the Middle East and the Tsunami, there is another
volatile situation that is reaching a boiling point in Nepal.
Nine days ago the country's king seized full control of the
country and sacked the interim government.
Nine days ago, the country's king appeared on Nepal's state-run
TV network, announcing a state of emergency. The King sacked
the interim government and ordered a shutdown of the country's
telephone and internet communications. Newspapers and radio
stations were shutdown and a ban was imposed on all news reporting.
Pro-democracy groups say that the move handed total control
of the country to the Royal Nepalese Army under the direction
of the King.
Since 1996, Nepal has faced an armed insurgency by Maoist
rebels operating largely in the countryside and large pro-democracy
protests in the capital Katmandu. After declaring the state
of emergency on February 1st, the King's forces, which include
the Nepalese Army, began rounding up activists, arresting
scores of people and distributing watch lists of political
activists to arrest if they attempt to leave the country.
The monarchy and its forces receive significant military backing
from the United States, the UK and India. Pro-democracy activists
are now increasing their calls for a ban on military sales
to Nepal.
We are joined on the phone by Mary Des Chene, an anthropologist
and human rights activist who has worked in Nepal over the
past 20 years. She is editor of the Kathmandu-based journal
"Studies in Nepal: History and Society."
In our Washington studio, we are joined by Chitra Tiwari,
a journalist and analyst who writes frequently for the Washington
Times. He formerly was a lecturer in political science at
Nepal"s Tribhuvan University.
- Chitra Tiwari, Washington-based journalist and analyst.
He writes frequently for The Washington Times. He formerly
was a lecturer in political science at Nepal"s Tribhuvan
University.
- Mary Des Chene, is an anthropologist and human rights
activist who has worked in Nepal over the past 20 years.
She is editor of the Kathmandu-based journal "Studies
in Nepal: History and Society."
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