Rational Security: The "Walking Pneumonia" Edition

Benjamin Wittes
Thursday, September 15, 2016, 11:00 AM

How much medical history should presidential candidates disclose? Activists launch a new campaign to pardon Edward Snowden, just in time for the launch of a biopic on the world’s most famous leaker. And FBI Director James Comey gets compared to J. Edgar Hoover. Plus, Shane—like Comey—is covering up his webcam. And Tamara bemoans the loss of headphones.

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How much medical history should presidential candidates disclose? Activists launch a new campaign to pardon Edward Snowden, just in time for the launch of a biopic on the world’s most famous leaker. And FBI Director James Comey gets compared to J. Edgar Hoover. Plus, Shane—like Comey—is covering up his webcam. And Tamara bemoans the loss of headphones.

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Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.

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