Edward Snowden and the Golden Age of Spying

Thursday, 23 October 2014, 4:31 pm | TomDispatch

Here’s a Ripley’s Believe It or Not! stat from our new age of national security. How many Americans have security clearances? The answer: 5.1 million, a figure that reflects the explosive growth of the national security state in the post-9/11 era. More >>