Consequence Quote by Laura Poitras

In all my work, I'm interested in understanding big issues through the lives of individuals...

— Laura Poitras

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

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

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

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

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

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

I don't speak Arabic - I know a little to get by, but that's all.

— Laura Poitras

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

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

The free software community should be supported more widely. I’m totally in solidarity with what they do.

— Laura Poitras

Certainly, when it comes to my profession as a journalist, that allows the government to trace what you're reporting, who you're talking to, and…

— Laura Poitras