Flashpoints on 08/18/15

Today on Flashpoints, Mother Jones writer Russ Choma discusses campaign finance in the presidential election and the impact of the campaigns of Donald Trump and Lawrence Lessig. Then, political journalist Franz Jerome continues Flashpoints' coverage of the parliamentary elections in Haiti, with the announcement of the results of the election expected soon. Later, professor Francis Boyle analyzes the exchange of artillery fire between the US-backed Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists. Finally, Sue Udry of the Defending Dissident Foundation and Jeff Larson of ProPublica discuss the NSA's invasion of American privacy and how AT&T has become an active partner with their spying program.