hpr1329 :: TGTM Newscast for 2013-13-08

Summary: A newscast from Talk Geek to Me

Series: Talk Geek to me News

Source: [http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=1329](http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=1329)

DeepGeek & Dann Washko

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Here is a news review:

• What Should, and Should Not, Be in NSA Surveillance Reform Legislation

• Pentagon’s Exiting Guantánamo Prison Architect Reverses Position on Detainee Policies

• Russia’s Anti-LGBTQ Law Leads to Protests, Pushback, and a Reminder of Our Laws Here at Home

• Amazon, WikiLeaks, the Washington Post and the CIA

• Pay It Forward debt-free degree plan makes national debut as Oregon lawmakers tackle student debt crisis

• Lavabit email service Snowden allegedly used shut down

• Five-dimensional glass memory can store 360TB per disc, rugged enough to outlive the human race

• US Government War On Hackers Backfires: Now Top Hackers Won't Work With US Government

• Hollywood Keeps Censoring Pirate Bay Documentary, Director Outraged

• DMCA Notices to Search Engines Won’t Mitigate Piracy, Tech Giants Say

• Counting Servers is Hard

Other Headlines:

• Connections Between Michael Hastings, Edward Snowden and Barrett Brown—The War With the Security State

• Snowden: Towards an Endgame

• Long-lost Orson Welles film ‘Too Much Johnson’ turns up in Italy

• Monday Morning Skeptic: Questioning Authority in the Sprawling Boston Bombing Case

• Social Democracy For Our Time

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Links

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• [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/what-should-and-should-not-be-nsa-surveillance-reform-legislation](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/what-should-and-should-not-be-nsa-surveillance-reform-legislation)

• [https://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/pentagons-exiting-guant%C3%A1namo-prison-architect-reverses-position-on-detainee-policies-130807?news=850796](https://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/pentagons-exiting-guant%C3%A1namo-prison-architect-reverses-position-on-detainee-policies-130807?news=850796)

• [https://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2013/08/07/russias-anti-lgbtq-law-leads-to-protests-pushback-and-a-reminder-of-our-laws-here-at-home/](https://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2013/08/07/russias-anti-lgbtq-law-leads-to-protests-pushback-and-a-reminder-of-our-laws-here-at-home/)

• [https://www.fair.org/blog/2013/08/06/amazon-wilkileaks-the-washington-post-and-the-cia/](https://www.fair.org/blog/2013/08/06/amazon-wilkileaks-the-washington-post-and-the-cia/)

• [https://www.eoionline.org/blog/pay-it-forward-debt-free-degree-plan-makes-national-debut-as-oregon-lawmakers-tackle-student-debt-crisis/](https://www.eoionline.org/blog/pay-it-forward-debt-free-degree-plan-makes-national-debut-as-oregon-lawmakers-tackle-student-debt-crisis/)

• [https://lavabit.com/](https://lavabit.com/)

• [https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/160928-five-dimensional-glass-memory-can-store-360tb-per-disc-rugged-enough-to-outlive-the-human-race](https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/160928-five-dimensional-glass-memory-can-store-360tb-per-disc-rugged-enough-to-outlive-the-human-race)

• [https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130805/02354124062/us-government-war-hackers-backfires-now-hackers-wont-work-us-government.shtml](https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130805/02354124062/us-government-war-hackers-backfires-now-hackers-wont-work-us-government.shtml)

• [https://torrentfreak.com/hollywood-keeps-censoring-pirate-bay-documentary-director-outraged-130807/](https://torrentfreak.com/hollywood-keeps-censoring-pirate-bay-documentary-director-outraged-130807/)

• [https://torrentfreak.com/dmca-notices-to-search-engines-wont-mitigate-piracy-tech-giants-say-130806/](https://torrentfreak.com/dmca-notices-to-search-engines-wont-mitigate-piracy-tech-giants-say-130806/)

• [https://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2013/07/17/CountingServersIsHard.aspx](https://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2013/07/17/CountingServersIsHard.aspx)

• [https://whowhatwhy.com/2013/08/07/connections-between-michael-hastings-edward-snowden-and-barrett-brown-the-war-with-the-security-state/](https://whowhatwhy.com/2013/08/07/connections-between-michael-hastings-edward-snowden-and-barrett-brown-the-war-with-the-security-state/)

• [https://sacsis.org.za/site/article/1723](https://sacsis.org.za/site/article/1723)

• [https://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/07/long-lost-orson-welles-film-too-much-johnson-turns-up-in-italy/](https://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/07/long-lost-orson-welles-film-too-much-johnson-turns-up-in-italy/)

• [https://whowhatwhy.com/2013/08/05/monday-morning-skeptic-questioning-authority-in-the-sprawling-boston-bombing-case/](https://whowhatwhy.com/2013/08/05/monday-morning-skeptic-questioning-authority-in-the-sprawling-boston-bombing-case/)

• [https://jacobinmag.com/2013/08/social-democracy-for-our-time/](https://jacobinmag.com/2013/08/social-democracy-for-our-time/)