Mar 28 8:13 PM

Security vs. transparency

Box of old FOIA requests from the FBI.
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On Monday, March 31 at 7:30pm ET:

Information you're entitled to is kept secret by the U.S. government. On Monday’s episode of The Stream, meet Ryan Shapiro, the man called a "superhero" for his ability to get his hands on what they don't want you to see. But is the government justified in keeping information hidden from the public in the name of national security?

On this episode of The Stream, we'll speak to:

Ryan Shapiro @_rshapiro
Ph.D. candidate, M.I.T. Department of Science, Technology, and Society
mit.edu

Daniel Metcalfe
Former head and founding director, Department of Justice Office of Information and Privacy
american.edu

Horace Cooper @Project21News
Fellow, National Center for Public Policy Research
nationalcenter.org

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