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Crying Terrorism Trumps Free Speech; NPR Guts Environment Team; Increased Postal Surveillance
Does Crying Terrorism Trump Free Speech? The Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the appeal of Tarek Mehanna marks another step in the US government’s long history of attempts to curtail the free speech rights of dissidents.
NPR Guts Environmental Team, Leaving Only One Reporter. Many people critical of NPR have charged that its sponsorship by companies and organizations invested in fossil fuel industries has caused it to step cautiously on environmental issues. Here Schumacher-Matos adopted a defensive, almost petulant, tone, asking listeners to take it on faith that NPR would never be influenced by its sponsors.
Investigation Reveals Uptick in ‘Snail Mail’ Surveillance. The surveillance program, officially known as “mail covers,” permits the scrutiny of information on the outside of letters and packages before they are delivered to a person’s home at the request of state or federal law enforcement agencies. This is in addition to a program called “mail imaging,” under which the USPS photographs and stores the exterior information from every package and letter sent through their system.
