Thread: Edward Snowden and his stay in Russia

Originally Posted by Deborski

‘America has no functioning democracy’ – Jimmy Carter on NSA — RT USA

Former US President Jimmy Carter is *not* in lockstep with the current democratic administration about Snowden. He speaks out very strongly against government surveillance and calls it "undemocratic".

Please, who can explain these two phrases from the article:
"at the Atlantic Bridge meeting on Tuesday in Atlanta, Georgia", the Atlantic Bridge meeting = ???, sounds like a name of a organization etc.
"...he condemned the Obama administration for the use of drone attacks in his article "A Cruel and Unusual Record" published in the New York Times". "A Cruel and Unusual Record", what does "record" mean here? Is it sort of a "mention"? It sounds weird to me.