Angelina Garcia
SOC 122 MW 3:30-4:45
2/16/14
The first story I watched this week was titled Death By Metadata: Jeremy Scahill & Glenn Greenwald Reveal NSA Role in Assassinations Overseas. It is about the United States and the NSA using unmanned drones to strike their target. They do this by metadata analysis, a tactic that usually results in the death of innocent people. One former drone operator talks about being striking the cell phone location without knowing whether the target is with the cell phone. The program is then joined by Jeremy Scahill, the producer and writer of a film called Dirty Wars. Scahill talks about the NSA; he says that the NSA places devices on the drones that allow them to collect data, “piggybacking” to suck up data. They show a clip of Barack Obama talking about drones; in this clip he talks about setting high standards so that no civillians are killed and states, “we are choosing the course of action least likely to result in the loss of innocent life”. Schahill responds to the clip and informs us that during one drone strike in Yemen, people were killed while attending a wedding. We learn that these drone stikes are not what we are lead to believe; they are still harming innocents.
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/10/death_by_metadata_jeremy_scahill_glenn
The second story I decided to watch/read was about the urging of the repeal of a law that prohibits formerly incarcerated people to vote. It begins with a clip of Attorney General Eric Holder speaking on the matter. He talks about how laws in the southern U.S. were used to target and take away African- American voting rights. Holder states, “nearly one in 13 African-American adults, are banned from voting because of these laws”. The president of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, Desmond Meade, joins the program. He shares his story which includes his journey from being homeless to graduating from law school; he has accomplished so much yet is still unable to vote because he was previously in prison. He is also unable to take the bar exam because of this. Without the ability to vote, many people’s voices are going unheard and not being represented.
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/12/from_jail_to_law_school_jim
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