Summary: Download MP3 (right click) This week on CounterSpin: Polls show Americans overwhelmingly opposed to the government's mass surveillance programs; they find the unconstitutional spying "alarming" and don't think it's making them safer. There's legislative movement to "reform" surveillance procedures--but is it real reform or windowdressing? We'll hear from Trevor Timm of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Also on CounterSpin today: Nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers resumed on November 20, after falling apart nearly two weeks earlier. But the US press seems a little confused about why those earlier talks failed. We’ll talk with Nima Shirazi of Wide Asleep in America about that--and about what to watch out for as talks go forward. LINKS -- "Sen. Dianne Feinstein's New NSA Bill Will Codify and Extend Mass Surveillance of Americans," by Trevor Timm (Electronic Frontier Foundation, 10/31/13) --"Iran's Nuclear Rights vs. the West's 'Bombastic Diplomacy,'" by Nima Shirazi (Wide Asleep in America, 11/11/13)
