Is it a coincidence that I'm watching Terry Gilliam's "Brazil" just as
I'm reading this (including Greenwald living in Brazil) description of
something NEARLY as absurd as the movie!
The story on Poitras seemed a little like a "puff" piece, as much as one
can "puff" a story/situation like this.
While I still generally support Obama, it is absurd to claim that
Snowden's disclosures were not responsible for a (hopefully serious)
introspection by the administration on the current state of our SigInt
programs regarding US Citizens (on US soil) (and maybe all of our
Intell?). Obama's claim "we were already looking into this" reminds me
sadly of my own "I wuz Gonna!" as a child when my mother had to remind
me to do one of my chores.... it just comes up lame. If you was Gonna
(Barack) then why didn'tcha already?
I found the story about the encryption negotiation between her and
Snowden to be fascinating. It's also interesting how independent
they (Poitras and Greenwald) seem to be from the Guardian. It's hard
to imagine most journalists would have the technological judo to make
it work before being found out and slapped down. But that's the our
world now. It sure sounds like she's got nerves of steel.. I find
the argument "we can document this" to be a perfectly acceptable
reason for a journalist to take a position -- once truth is
established, ask the next question..
On 8/13/13 3:05 PM, Tom Johnson wrote:
Here's an important story coming out next Sunday in the NYTimes. It
touches on the evolving form(s) of journalism and journalist
security, both physical and digital.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/magazine/laura-poitras-snowden.html?hp&_r=2&pagewanted=all&;
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