Edward Snowden: Mass Surveillance Won't Prevent Terrorism

Edward Snowden is willing to defend spying as a whole, and has done so on many occasions. However, he continues to criticize governments that conduct mass surveillance on their citizens without a real purpose. He argues that just surveilling everyone and collecting their data will not stop a future terrorist attack "because they're not public safety programs. They're spying programs."

"He referenced both the Sydney siege and Charlie Hedbo attacks, noting that the attackers in both incidents were known to governments already," the New York Post reports.

How Transparency Has Improved Politics Since Watergate

Much can be said about the recent news regarding Hillary Clinton's use of personal email for government business. Whether right or wrong, the issue will surely follow her into any presidential run in 2016. Political opponents are taking the opportunity to score political points and suggest that more transparency is always a remedy to corruption.

This perspective dates back to the Watergate scandal, when in 1974, President Richard Nixon resigned in disgrace after evidence emerged that he used government resources for 'dirty tricks' in his 1972 re-election campaign.

Obama Administration Says White House Office Not Subject to FOIA Regulations

The only White House office subject to Freedom of Information Act requests will no longer have to respond to these requests. USA Today reported Monday that the White House is lifting FOIA regulations on the Office of Administration, a policy change that started under the Bush administration, but was made official under President Barack Obama.

The Office of Administration is responsible for White House record-keeping duties like the archiving of emails.

POTUS Candidates Push Election Reforms that Favor Them, Not Voters

The Washington Post reported Monday that the way voters participate in presidential primary elections, who will be allowed to participate, and when may change in a handful of states based on how particular systems will help an individual candidate.

"Earlier this month, Kentucky Republicans took the first step toward abandoning a presidential primary in favor of a caucus, at the behest of Sen. Rand Paul. Elsewhere, supporters of more centrist candidates such as New Jersey Gov.

John Oliver Changed Tom Wheeler's Mind on Net Neutrality

Net neutrality has become one of those hotly debated topics, much like health care. Opinions are sharply divided along party lines and each side feels inclined to attack the other side’s opinion as ignorant or reckless.

Many opponents of net neutrality say President Barack Obama was the reason the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) reclassified the Internet under Title II of the Communications Act. But was he? Or, was there someone else who may have played a larger role than people realize?

Autocracy, Democracy, Theocracy: Reclaiming the Middle Ground in Syria

In London, to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the Syrian Revolution, activists will march from Hyde Park to Downing Street on Saturday, March 14. This protest is intended not only to remind a distracted and jaded West about the horrors taking place on a daily basis in Syria, where the death toll has surpassed 200,000, but also to demand concrete action.

The marchers' vision is clear: "a peaceful, democratic Syria: a Syria without Assad and a Syria without ISIS."