Wednesday, August 14, 2013

A Look At The People Who Reported Edward Snowden`s NSA Leaks

NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden during an interview by the Guardian in Hong Kong June 6. Glenn Greenwald/Laura Poitras/Courtesy of The Guardian/REUTERS

How The Government Created Someone Paranoid Enough To Report The NSA Leaks -- The Atlantic

The New York Times Magazine cover story by Peter Maass detailing how Edward Snowden reached out to the two reporters that broke the NSA surveillance story isn't about that surveillance. It's only sort of about journalism. Instead, it's largely a story about how close to the boundaries of civilization you must get — literally and figuratively — to be assured that you can protect your privacy. And it's about how the United States government pushes people there.

Maass focuses on Laura Poitras in part because she is the reporter about whom less is known. But it's primarily because it was Poitras' personal history that led her to become an expert in the tools that were required for Snowden to communicate with the media securely.

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More News On Edward Snowden, Laura Poitras, And Glenn Greenwald

Snowden spilled secrets to 'fearless' journalists -- AFP
A Documentary Filmmaker Was The 'Mastermind' Behind The Snowden Disclosures -- SFGate/Business Insider
5 revelations on the 'Keyser Soze' of the Edward Snowden saga -- The Week
Meet the 'Keyser Soze' of Snowden Stories -- Newser
Laura Poitras Called The ‘Keyser Soze’ Of Edward Snowden Story -- The Inquisitr
Laura Poitras, the NSA, Snowden and a Rubik’s Cube -- Salon
Edward Snowden and the Rubik's Cube meet-up -- CNet
Why Snowden Entrusted His Secrets With Documentary Filmmaker Laura Poitras -- PRIs The World
Greenwald: Snowden ‘kept harassing me’ -- Daily caller
Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald will not do TV interview despite preliminary talks -- Washington Post
Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald Annoyed That TPM Reports He Was Annoyed -- Mediabistro
New profile of Snowden’s trusted ally illustrates importance of opsec -- Arstechnica

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