Moyers & Company. Trading Democracy for "Security
Description
The violent Boston rampage triggered a government response that, according to journalist Glenn Greenwald, adds a new dimension to troubling questions about government secrecy, overreach, and what we sacrifice in the name of national security. In this edition of Moyers & Company, Greenwald joins Bill to peel back layers that reveal what the Boston bombings and drone attacks have in common and how secrecy leads to abuse of government power. Also on the show, political scholars Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann tell Bill that Congress' failure to make progress on gun control-despite support for background checks from 90 percent of the American public-is symptomatic of a legislative branch reduced to dysfunction, partisan ravings, and obstruction.
Runtime
57 min
Subjects
- Democracy (126)
- Political science (297)
- Political planning (192)
- Military policy (2)
- Social institutions (391)
- Federal government (32)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2013], c2013
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Films on Demand
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