{"id":13826,"date":"2025-12-13T15:26:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T14:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=13826"},"modified":"2025-12-13T15:26:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T14:26:50","slug":"snowden-us-ueberwachungsstaat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/latest\/snowden-us-ueberwachungsstaat\/","title":{"rendered":"How the U.S. Security State Expanded, Even After Snowden Revelations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p><em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/latest\/crowdfunding-2026-actvism\/\">We are currently in our annual crowdfunding campaign. 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