Episode 362 • • 2:05:19 - 2:07:38
362: Drone Journalism
USAID Funding for Egyptian Elections and Carrier IQ
The U.S. government, via USAID, has spent $200 million on the Egyptian uprising and subsequent elections, including training for political parties. Meanwhile, the "Carrier IQ" smartphone tracking scandal is dismissed as a distraction from much larger government surveillance programs like Echelon and GPS tracking.