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    The Surveillance State and the China Summit

    A surveillance state, the China summit, Susan Rice and Samantha Power.

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    By Matt Miller • Jun 7, 2013 • 28m Listen

    National Security Agency programs are collecting data about citizens' daily communications. Is there any privacy left? Does it matter? There's outrage from our Left, and schadenfreude from our Right. What is worse -- US surveillance of our online movements, or Google and Facebook monitoring our behavior? Does it amount to a totalitarian society? President Obama begins a two-day summit with the president of China, Xi Jinping. How much can we object to China's own procedures?

    Joining us this week on the Right is Rich Lowry (National Review), and special guest Melody Barnes (former director of the Domestic Policy Council for Obama).

    Banner image: President Barack Obama talks with President Xi Jinping of China at the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, California, June 7, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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      Matt Miller

      Co-host, 'Left, Right & Center'

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      Robert Scheer

      Host, 'Scheer Intelligence'

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      Rich Lowry

      National Review / KCRW's Left, Right & Center

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      Laura Dine Million

      Producer, 'Left, Right and Center'

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