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31 Jan 2016, 3:32 pm
One of the first programs people might turn to is Pretty Good Privacy, or PGP, a version of which was thrust further into the public consciousness when it was explicitly credited in Citizen Four, Laura Poitras’ documentary on the National Security Agency and her meeting with Snowden. [read post]
2 Jan 2016, 6:35 am
Laura Poitras Case What we’re after: Records related to the award-winning journalist Laura Poitras’ repeated detention and questioning as she crossed the U.S. border between 2006 and 2012. [read post]
25 Sep 2015, 6:35 am
(credit: Gage Skidmore) A "Snowden Treaty" designed to counter mass surveillance and protect whistleblowers around the world has been proposed by Edward Snowden, and three of the people most closely associated with his leaks: the documentary film-maker Laura Poitras; David Miranda, who was detained at Heathrow airport, and is the Brazilian coordinator of the campaign to give asylum to Snowden in Brazil; and his partner, the journalist Glenn Greenwald. [read post]
26 Aug 2015, 1:53 pm
Previous honorees have included Aaron Swartz, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, Richard Stallman, and Anita Borg. [read post]
18 Jul 2015, 7:00 am
This week in legal disputes: Quinta linked us to a FOIA complaint filed by Laura Poitras, who [read post]
15 Jul 2015, 10:25 am
And so, with the close of nuclear negotiations with Iran, we begin to slog through the text of the deal itself and consider its implications. [read post]
14 Jul 2015, 10:42 am
Following 20 months of stop-and-start negotiations and a final 18-day sprint of intense talks in Vienna, the United States and five other world powers announced a comprehensive deal with Iran intended to curb the country’s nuclear program in exchange for a structured lifting of sanctions and international embargos. [read post]
14 Jul 2015, 8:00 am
Laura Poitras, Citizenfour filmmaker and co-founder of The Intercept with Glenn Greenwald and Jeremy Scahill, has filed suit against the United States over what she terms "Kafkaesque harassment" on the basis of her interactions with Edward Snowden and Julian Assange. [read post]
13 Jul 2015, 4:33 pm
” Via EFF – Oscar and Pulitzer Award-Winning Journalist Laura Poitras Sues U.S. [read post]
13 Jul 2015, 2:38 pm
Laura Poitras gained notoriety as the documentary filmmaker behind the 2014 Oscar-winning movie Citizenfour, a film about the time she and Glenn Greenwald spent with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. [read post]
13 Jul 2015, 12:33 pm
This year’s Pioneers will join an esteemed group of past award winners that includes the late, visionary activist Aaron Swartz; open-source pioneer Limor "Ladyada" Fried; and the documentarian and journalist Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald, among many remarkable activists, entrepreneurs, public interest attorneys, and others. [read post]
13 Jul 2015, 9:33 am
– Academy and Pulitzer Prize Award-winning documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras sued the Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. transportation security agencies today demanding they release records documenting a six-year period in which she was searched, questioned, and often subjected to hours-long security screenings at U.S. and overseas airports on more than 50 occasions. [read post]
7 Jul 2015, 8:35 am
From Academy Award-winning documentary film director Laura Poitras to the National Council of Women's Organizations to Chayn, an organization that works to combat domestic violence in Pakistan, the vast array of organizations and individuals signed on to this letter reflects just how misguided this proposal is. [read post]
3 Jun 2015, 4:54 pm
EFF – “We’re excited to announce that Canarywatch has added its 50th canary: First Look Media, the parent company for The Intercept—the news site created by journalists Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, and Jeremy Scahill.EFF- “Warrant canary” is a colloquial term for a regularly published statement that an internet service provider (ISP) has not received legal process that it would be prohibited from saying it had received, such as a… [read post]
3 Jun 2015, 10:08 am
We’re excited to announce that Canarywatch has added its 50th canary: First Look Media, the parent company for The Intercept—the news site created by journalists Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, and Jeremy Scahill. [read post]
20 Apr 2015, 5:13 am
Leaker #3: The person who leaked secret documents to Jake Appelbaum, Laura Poitras and others in Germany: the Angela Merkel surveillance story, the TAO catalog, the X-KEYSCORE rules. [read post]
9 Apr 2015, 3:49 pm
After all, digital security was essential to the making of Laura Poitras's Academy award winning documentary CITIZENFOUR. [read post]
19 Mar 2015, 5:28 pm
(Laura Poitras’ Academy Award-winning documentary Citizenfour even features a hearing in the Jewel case back in 2011.) [read post]
24 Feb 2015, 10:41 am
Following their Oscar win for Citizenfour, Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, and Edward Snowden yesterday held an Ask Me Anything discussion on Reddit, during which they took questions and comments from users. [read post]
23 Feb 2015, 10:59 pm
Last Sunday night Citizenfour, the Laura Poitras documentary about Edward Snowden, won the Oscar for best documentary. [read post]
