Senator Dianne Feinstein ’55 talks surveillance and security Sam Premutico May 29, 2015 6 Comments U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein ’55 spoke on May 28 at CEMEX Auditorium about American surveillance laws and national security. The talk was sponsored by six Stanford organizations, including the... Read More »
Fourth TEDxStanford focuses on transition, transformation Qitong Cao May 22, 2015 0 Comments The fourth TEDxStanford took place at CEMEX Auditorium throughout the day on May 17, featuring 18 Stanford-affiliated speakers. Read More »
Edward Snowden talks ethics of whistleblowing Victor Xu May 18, 2015 42 Comments Edward Snowden, former NSA infrastructure analyst turned whistleblower, on May 15 at Cubberley Auditorium to discuss the philosophical tensions of whistleblowing and government surveillance. The 2015... Read More »
Stanford Amnesty International seeks non-exclusive activism Abigail Schott-Rosenfield February 5, 2015 2 Comments With the divestment movement pushing human rights into the campus spotlight, one organization has staked out a position firmly in the middle of the discussion. During last Tuesday’s meeting of... Read More »
In defense of paranoia Joel Gottsegen October 16, 2014 0 Comments The existence of absurd programs in the past does not mean that any of the other conspiracy theories are true. Nor does it mean that the American government is fundamentally malicious, or out to harm... Read More »
Review: Argo Alex Kennedy October 12, 2012 0 Comments "Argo” is the story of a declassified CIA exfiltration (referred repeatedly mysteriously as an “ex-fil” for the first fifteen minutes of the movie) effort to rescue six Americans hiding out in... Read More »
Stanford Law report claims drone strikes bolster militant groups, kill innocents Alice Phillips September 26, 2012 4 Comments A joint Stanford Law School-NYU School of Law report released on Monday claims that drone strikes conducted by the CIA in northern Pakistan have not made the United States notably safer. Read More »
Former CIA head ties oil, terror Robert Toews February 25, 2010 0 Comments Former head of the Central Intelligence Agency Jim Woolsey ’63 spoke Wednesday afternoon to a packed auditorium at Stanford Law School about the challenges that the future generation of policy... Read More »
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