the show launched last september and december i had the exciting opportunity to sit down with a cademy award winning director oliver stone and historian peter cosmic about their book in showtime series the untold history of the united states we discussed a wide range of topics from self-censorship in hollywood to the growing surveillance state here in the u.s. check out. to the history you cover pearl harbor which of course led to the internment of japanese american citizens i don't think a lot of people really acknowledge that once again under reported aspect of really what that meant when you look at the surveillance grid in america today it almost seems like it is an open air internment camp where they don't need to in turn people anymore because we have this great set up in place of them you know because they're we the u.s. government now intercepts more than one point seven billion messages a day from american citizens one point seven billion that's you know that's telephone calls it's other forms of communication that's about one point seven billion we've got this apparatus set up now

the show launched last september and december i had the exciting opportunity to sit down with a cademy award winning director oliver stone and historian peter cosmic about their book in showtime series the untold history of the united states we discussed a wide range of topics from self-censorship in hollywood to the growing surveillance state here in the u.s. check it out. and to the history you cover pearl harbor which of course led to the internment of japanese american citizens i don't think a lot of people really acknowledge that once again under reported aspect of really what that meant when you look at the surveillance grid in america today it almost seems like it is an open air internment camp where they don't need to interned people anymore because we have this grand set up in place of what you're going to be the u.s. government now intercepts more than one point seven billion messages a day from american citizens one point seven billion that's even know that's telephone calls it's other forms of communication compared to that one point seven billion we've got this apparatus set up