On this week’s episode we peel back some of the layers behind the TOR Project, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and a man at the center of both, John Perry Barlow. We take a look at Tor’s longtime government funding and how this has helped shape the project. We investigate some of the project members such as Jacob Applebaum and Runa Sandvik, both of whom have played up their techno-activist street cred while simultaneously receiving massive salaries from the US government. Lastly, we take a critical look at the founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, John Perry Barlow, and make the case for his integral partnership in the Snowden/NSA psy-op. This is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of what is really going on with the NSA scandal, but hopefully this will open up the door for you to begin investigating for yourself.

Download PPR episode 26

Show Notes:

Almost everyone involved in Tor was (or is) funded by the US government



EFF press release on Omidyar network and Tor Project

EFF annual report for 2009-2010 (the most up to date annual report available online)

Q&A marathon with Jacob Applebaum and Roger Dingledine

Snowden’s first move against the NSA was a party in Hawaii

Why Spy?

Freedom the Press Foundation

Music:

Sylvester – “Do you wanna funk”



Sylvester – “You make me feel (mighty real)”