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Published on Oct 23, 2014
http://democracynow.org - "At this stage I can offer nothing more than my word. I am a senior government employee in the intelligence community. I hope you understand that contacting you is extremely high risk This will not be a waste of your time.
This was one of the first messages Edward Snowden wrote to filmmaker Laura Poitras beginning an exchange that helped expose the massive surveillance apparatus set up by the National Security Agency.
Months later, Poitras would meet Snowden for the first time in a Hong Kong hotel room. Poitras filmed more than 20 hours of footage as Snowden debriefed reporters Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill. That footage most unseen until now forms the backbone of Poitras new film, Citizenfour. She joins us to talk about the film and her own experience with government surveillance.
The film is the third installment of her 9/11 trilogy that also includes My Country, My Country about the Iraq War and The Oath about the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Poitras NSA reporting contributed to a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service awarded to The Guardian and The Washington Post.
See clips from Citizenfour and the full interview with Laura Poitras and Jeremy Scahill on Democracy Now! in our archive:
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/10/23/citizenfour_inside_story_of_nsa_leaker
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truth2power
(8,219 posts)I viewed the video in your OP, but am unable to access either the Poitras/Scahill interview or the Citizenfour trailer. I get "page not found" when I click on your link, and can't find it in the DemocracyNow archives. Do you have an alternate link?
Laurah's recounting of her experiences with airport security is really troubling...being threatened with being handcuffed because she was taking notes while being questioned?
I'm convinced that anyone who's not outraged by this is either some sort of operative or has an authoritarian mind-set, and craves being dominated by "Big Brother". I think some of their kind are even here on DU.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)These Should Work:
Citizenfour: Inside Story of NSA Leaker Edward Snowden Captured in New Film by Laura Poitras
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/10/23/citizenfour_inside_story_of_nsa_leaker
Long Before Helping Expose NSA Spying, Journalist Laura Poitras Faced Harassment from U.S. Agents
http://www.democracynow.org/2013/6/17/long_before_helping_expose_nsa_spying
truth2power
(8,219 posts)20score
(4,769 posts)Amy Goodman and Laura Poitras.
Both of them deserve the highest honors.