In case you missed the Munk Debate on State Surveillance, here’s another look at the rhetorical contest between one of the NSA’s biggest critics and its former director.

Actually, there were four debate participants. Glenn Greenwald and Gen. Michael Hayden were joined by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and lawyer Alan Dershowitz.

Note: The actual debate starts about 27 minutes into the video below.

— Posted by Peter Z. Scheer

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