Terry Gross interviewed Shane Harris, author of "The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance

[Skidmore]

State" today. I caught most of the interview on the radio on the way back from town this morning. It was ever so much more informative than the massive amount gobblety gook shrouded in screaming here on DU, especially for someone how is not well grounded in the ins and outs of the technology. Shane Harris lined the evolution of the technology to its applications and the law. I came away from listening to that program feeling a little less adrift in the great nanouniverse. What I brought with me was how much more oversight the military needs and how much our lazy assed Congress has contributed to this mess through allowing special interests in the IT industry and the military to lead them around by their noses. Beyond that, it is easier to slap bandaids on something rather than sit down and construct legislation that is cohesive and workable.

I really detest Congress even more and I believe that the military and intelligence communities are out of control.

[Catherina]

1. Is this online by any chance?

I'd like to listen to it. Thanks Skidmore. Rec'd because the military and intelligence communities are totally out of control

[Skidmore]

3. Here's the link to her program

site:

http://www.kqed.org/radio/programs/index.jsp?pgmid=RD20

The podcast is not up yet. You have to register to get podcasts.

[Catherina]

5. Thanks very much Skidmore :) n/t

[dlwickham]

2. I destest Terry Gross

she has to be the worst interviewer out there

I listen to Fresh Air on occasion and end up turning the station after a few minutes

I was listening to the show last week because she had on this woman who was a back-up singer to a lot of the big groups; the woman did back-up on the Rolling Stones' Just a Shot Away

Gross asked the woman to describe some of the dance moves that she did when she sang back-up to Ray Charles; you could tell that the woman was rolling her eyes because she said you can't describe dance moves, you can only do them

[ret5hd]

4. She is either consistently uninformed on the subject of her interviews or...

blatantly determined to not ask hard hitting questions designed to elicit any actual information.

In short, I detest her also.