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Does state spying make us safer? : the Munk debate on mass surveillance / Michael Hayden, Alan Dershowitz, Glenn Greenwald, Alexis Ohanian ; edited by Rudyard Griffiths.

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House of Anansi Press, 2014.

Intelligence service.

National security.

Internal security.

Electronic surveillance.

Social control.

Privacy, Right of.

9781770898417 (pbk.)

1770898417 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Munk debate on mass surveillance

State spying : the Munk debate on mass surveillance

xiv, 112 pages ; 112 cm.

Debate held May 2, 2014, in Toronto, Ontario.

"Featuring exclusive commentary from Edward Snowden"--Cover.

"Does government surveillance make us safer? The thirteenth Munk Debate, held in Toronto on Friday, May 2, 2014, pitted former head of the CIA and NSA Michael Hayden and American lawyer Alan Dershowitz against jounalist Glenn Greenwald and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian to debate whether state surveillance is a legitimate defence of our freedom, the democratic issue of the moment. In a risk-filled world, democracies are increasingly turning to large-scale state surveillance, at home and abroad, to fight complex and unconventional threats, but is it justified? For some, the threats more than justify the current surveillance system, and the laws and institutions of democracies are more than capable of balancing the needs of individual privacy with collective security. But for others, we are in peril of sacrificing to a vast and unaccountable state surveillance apparatus the civil liberties that guarantee citizens basic freedoms and our democratic way of life"--Provided by publisher.

Dershowitz, Alan M.

Greenwald, Glenn.

Ohanian, Alexis, 1983-

Hayden, Michael, 1945-

Griffiths, Rudyard.

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