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SUMMARY:The catastrophic costs of secrecy and surveillance: why national s
 ecurity leaks are good for you - Chase Madar
DTSTART:20131115T170000Z
DTEND:20131115T183000Z
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CONTACT:Pierre Bocquillon
DESCRIPTION:The talk will take place in the Sociology Department (Seminar 
 Room)\, Free School Lane\n\nhttp://map.cam.ac.uk/Department+of+Sociology\n
 \nThe U.S. government and much of the American news media have responded t
 o the disclosures of Wikileaks and Edward Snowden as liabilities to nation
 al security. Even those who concede the moral and legal value of these lea
 ks often tend to see these benefits in antagonistic tension with the need 
 for security.  But this framework ignores the heavy costs–in blood\, mon
 ey and risk–of American state secrecy and dragnet surveillance. This tal
 k aims to restore perspective on and reevaluate what is a threat and what 
 is a security asset\, what is extreme and what is moderate\, what is utopi
 an and what is pragmatic.
LOCATION:Seminar room\, Sociology Department\, Free School Lane 
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