NYT Remembers David Carr
Posted: February 13, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: Andrew Lack, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Boston University, David Carr, Dean Baquet, Glenn Greenwald, Jr., Laura Poitras, media, The Media Equation, The New York Times, The Times 1 CommentNYT newsroom gathers to remember David Carr. pic.twitter.com/BHlhymdnXf
— Alastair Coote (@_alastair) February 13, 2015
[PHOTO] Snowden Taking A Selfie With Glenn Greenwald In A Moscow Reunion
Posted: May 22, 2014 Filed under: Mediasphere, Russia | Tags: Edward Snowden, Facebook, Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, National Security Agency, RUSSIA, Snowden, Vladimir Putin 1 Comment
Facebook/David Miranda
Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who first disclosed information leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, is in Russia today with Snowden.
[Glenn Greenwald‘s book: No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State is available from Amazon.com]
Greenwald’s partner, David Miranda, posted a pair of photos to Facebook — including a selfie of Greenwald, Snowden, Miranda, and documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras, who was also involved in the early disclosures. Read the rest of this entry »
NSA Journalist Glenn Greenwald’s Partner Reportedly Detained at Airport for 9 Hours, Questioned Under Terrorism Act
Posted: August 18, 2013 Filed under: Breaking News | Tags: Glenn Greenwald, Guardian, Laura Poitras, London, London Heathrow Airport, National Security Agency, Rio de Janeiro, Terrorism Act 2000 Leave a commentAuthorities in London on Sunday reportedly detained and questioned for nine hours the gay partner of Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who has authored a series of recent articles exposing mass surveillance programs by the National Surveillance Agency (NSA).
The Guardian, Greenwald’s employer, reports the journalist’s partner, David Miranda, was held for nearly nine hours and questioned under the Terrorism Act at the UK’s Heathrow airport. Officials also confiscated Miranda’s electronics, including his cell phone, laptop, camera, and memory sticks, according to The Guardian, without saying when they would return the items.
FILE — Journalist Glenn Greenwald speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 14, 2013. (AP)
According to the report, Miranda was stopped by UK airport officials at 8:30 AM and told he would be detained for questioning under schedule seven of the Terrorism Act of 2000. The law, reportedly allows officers to search and detain individuals at key transportation areas.
Snowden: NSA targeted journalists critical of government after 9/11
Posted: August 13, 2013 Filed under: Mediasphere | Tags: Glenn Greenwald, Guardian, Laura Poitras, National Security Agency, New York Times Magazine, NSA, Snowden, United States Leave a commentSnowden: NSA targeted journalists critical of government after 9/11
Leaker Edward Snowden accused the National Security Agency of targeting reporters who wrote critically about the government after the 9/11 attacks and warned it was “unforgivably reckless” for journalists to use unencrypted email messages when discussing sensitive matters.
Snowden said in an interview with the New York Times Magazine published Tuesday that he came to trust Laura Poitras, the documentary filmmaker who, along with Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald, helped report his disclosure of secret surveillance programs, because she herself had been targeted by the NSA.
“Laura and [Guardian reporter] Glenn [Greenwald] are among the few who reported fearlessly on controversial topics throughout this period, even in the face of withering personal criticism, and resulted in Laura specifically becoming targeted by the very programs involved in the recent disclosures,” Snowden said for the article, a profile of Poitras.
Snowden didn’t detail how Poitras was targeted by the NSA surveillance programs he disclosed, but suggested the agency tracked her emails and cautioned other journalists that they could be under surveillance.
BREAKING: U.S. charges Snowden with espionage
Posted: June 21, 2013 Filed under: Breaking News, War Room | Tags: Edward Snowden, Facebook, Glenn Greenwald, Hong Kong, Laura Poitras, National Security Agency, NSA, United States Leave a commentVideo: U.S. defense contractor Edward Snowden discusses his motivation behind the NSA leak and why he revealed himself as the whistleblower behind the major story. Courtesy of Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald.