Snowden has presented us with choices on how we want to move forward into the future. We're at a crossroads and we still don't quite know which path we're going to take. Without Snowden, just about everyone would still be… — Laura Poitras Copy Share Image
One of the most frightening things, I think, is the capacity for retroactive searching, so you can go back in time and trace who someone is in contact with and where they've been. — Laura Poitras Copy Share Image
In all my work, I'm interested in understanding big issues through the lives of individuals... — Laura Poitras Copy Share Image
In terms of sources coming forward, I really reject this idea of talking about one, two, three sources. There are many sources that have… — Laura Poitras Copy Share Image
Just consider the CIA and its effort to suppress the Senate's review of its torture program. Take in the fact that we live in… — Laura Poitras Copy Share Image
I was in correspondence with an anonymous source for about five months and in the process of developing a dialogue you build ideas, of… — Laura Poitras Copy Share Image
There are people who are always going to try to engage in activity that is illegal and they're going to try to subvert surveillance.… — Laura Poitras Copy Share Image
Snowden has presented us with choices on how we want to move forward into the future. We're at a crossroads and we still don't… — Laura Poitras Copy Share Image
In all my work, I'm interested in trying to understand the human consequences of government policies. — Laura Poitras Copy Share Image
We've already seen shifts happening in some of the big companies - Google, Apple - that now understand how vulnerable their customer data is,… — Laura Poitras Copy Share Image
I think one of the most shocking things is how little our elected officials knew about what the NSA was doing. Congress is learning… — Laura Poitras Copy Share Image
We're definitely in an era where the government wants to keep more secrets and it wants to come after anyone who's exposing those secrets… — Laura Poitras Copy Share Image
The free software community should be supported more widely. I’m totally in solidarity with what they do. — Laura Poitras Copy Share Image
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