Authors group pushes for NSA reform, while there’s still time

A Q&A with Suzanne Nossel, executive director of PEN American Center.

She spoke about the group's letter, its advocacy on this issue and the role Nossel believes writers must play in discussions about surveillance. ” We feel writers are the canaries in the coal mine. If their rights are impinged upon, they feel it first and most acutely because they rely on free expression to do their jobs,” Nossel said.