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How The Courts Created The Surveillance State

Published: May 8, 2018, 7:26 p.m.

The US has been something of a surveillance state since long before the Snowden revelations that showed the full extent of some of the NSA's activities. A lot of this is made possible \u2014 often unintentionally \u2014 by decades-old court decisions regarding technology. It's a problem. This week, reporter Cyrus Farivar \u2014 whose new book Habeas Data digs into this judicial history \u2014 joins us to discuss how courts created the surveillance state.\n\nHabeas Data - https://www.mhpbooks.com/books/habeas-data/