Chris Hedges and Barrett Brown on the Corporate State’s War on the Press (Video)
"Both well-meaning and more illicit-minded intelligence professionals basically realize [exposures of the inner workings of power] can't go on," the publisher and journalist tells the "On Contact" host in a discussion about attacks on such organizations as WikiLeaks.
“Both well-meaning and more illicit-minded intelligence professionals basically realize [exposures of the inner workings of power] can’t go on,” Barrett Brown, a publisher and journalist who has been targeted by the FBI, tells “On Contact” host Chris Hedges in a conversation about attacks on WikiLeaks and other organizations.
Watch the discussion in the video player above.
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