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Barton Gellman, a Pulitzer Prize and Emmy Award-Winning Journalist, Is a Staff Writer at the Atlantic and Senior Fellow at the Century Foundation Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State https://pennlaw.cvent.com/c/express/46db81ba-2f20-4214-ab22-fd0ee1b... Hosted By: University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School ENTERjor E THICS and the R ULE of L AW ® UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA CERL'S Virtual Book Talk Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State 29 October 2020 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Eastern Time Add to Calendar 1 of 5 10/16/2020, 1:49 PM Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State https://pennlaw.cvent.com/c/express/46db81ba-2f20-4214-ab22-fd0ee1b... Barton Gellman, a Pulitzer Prize and Emmy Award-winning journalist, is a staff writer at The Atlantic and senior fellow at The Century Foundation. Before joining The Atlantic, Gellman spent 21 years at The Washington Post, where he served tours as legal, diplomatic, military, and Middle East correspondent. @bartongellman EDW .ARD SNOWDEN ANIJ THE AMER IC AN SUllVE !ILLANCE SUH Click Here To Purchase The Book! 2 of 5 10/16/2020, 1:49 PM Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State https://pennlaw.cvent.com/c/express/46db81ba-2f20-4214-ab22-fd0ee1b... MODERATED BY: Professor Claire Finkelstein is the Algernon Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and Faculty Director of the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL) @COfinkelstein Author of the recent article, “The Election That Could Break America,” published in the November 2020 edition of The Atlantic “Whether you love Edward Snowden or loathe him, Bart Gellman’s new book is essential reading for anyone who cares about privacy and national security. Gellman offers a riveting and often surprising account of his dealings with Snowden, who, for all his seeming idealism, also misdirected Gellman about some key facts. But whatever Snowden’s defects, the scope of the NSA global snooping campaign he revealed is more shocking than ever, as Gellman pieces together the puzzle. If you want to understand how intelligence works in the 21st century, Dark Mirror is a must.”—David Ignatius, columnist for The Washington Post 3 of 5 10/16/2020, 1:49 PM.
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