Post-Snowden, Time for Journalists to Get Smart

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By: Alan Pearce | Committee to Protect Journalists

Let's be clear: Everything journalists do in the digital world is open to scrutiny by suspicious minds because that's the way intelligence agencies work. If state eavesdroppers didn't make use of this amazing opportunity they wouldn't be very good at their job.

Edward Snowden's revelations about the U.S. National Security Agency's global monitoring should not come as a big surprise. U.S. agencies have the technology, the will, and some very loosely written laws that allow them to snoop with impunity. It was just a matter of time before someone stood up and blew the whistle.































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