December 9 - The Open Letter From Tech Giants to Rein in the NSA; The Latest Leak From Inside The Secret TPP Negotiations; Talks to Unblock Supply Routes Out of Afghanistan

Full Program

Part 1

We begin with the full page ad from the giant tech companies in Monday’s New York Times and Washington Post calling on the president and Congress to reign in the NSA. Marc Rotenberg, the President and Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), joins us to discuss the call for tighter controls on government surveillance in an open letter from AOL, Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo, and the international blowback from NSA spying that is hurting American business.  

Part 2

Then we look into the growing backlash against the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and the latest internal memo leaked by someone in one of the 12 governments involved in the secret negotiations. Lori Wallach, the Founder and Director of Global Trade Watch at Public Citizen joins us to discuss leaks on trade standards that would grant unprecedented powers to corporations, increase the cost of medications and weaken banking regulations. We also look into whether an agreement on the TPP can be reached by the end of the year as international support for it appears to be waning.

Part 3

Then finally, with Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel in Pakistan threatening to cut military assistance if local officials continue to block supply routes extracting heavy equipment from Afghanistan, we speak with Michael Krepon, the co-founder of the Henry L. Stimson Center and director of its South Asia and Space Security Program. We discuss the role of the former cricket star turned party leader Imran Khan who is threatening to unleash mass protests to block the NATO supply routes in retaliation against U.S. drone strikes.