Tear gas is presented as a safe weapon, but it regularly kills people or makes them badly sick.

Snowden is not necessarily safe in Hong Kong.

The US Congress ought to want to talk with Snowden — about how the NSA has misled it.

Some questions to ask about the meaning of Obama's "counterterrorism" speech.

The massive surveillance Snowden has demonstrated is a repeat of the massive surveillance of dissidents practiced in the 60s and 70s, updated for the Internet.

In the first public event in support of Snowden, hundreds rallied in New York City.