Tag Archives: Laura Poitras

Will Glenn Greenwald Travel to the U.S. to Accept the George Polk Award?

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Muller

Greenwald who has stayed in his second home in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, since he had begun launching stories about NSA and GCHQ mass surveillance last year had foretold his former employer Salon.com that he might return to the U.S. … Continue reading →

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Forces of Evil

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Muller

In the wake of suggestions, by high-ranked officials, that some journalists may be “accomplices” of NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden, who had helped steal and fenced NSA secrets, Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill and Laura Poitras have launched their counter-attack. Launching, at Pierre Omidyar’s … Continue reading →

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Journalism is About Telling Stories That Make a Difference?

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Muller

E-bay founder, billionaire and philantropist Pierre Omidyar’s new enterprise First Look Media has been described in a short video clip and one wonders what is so new that dedicated investigative individuals like Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill, Laura Poitras or New … Continue reading →

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A Test for All of Us

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Muller

When Glenn Greenwald’s partner David Miranda was detained yesterday for nine hours at Heathrow airport “under schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (sic)”  and all electronic devices including laptop, USB sticks, memory cards, DVDs and mobile phone seized, I … Continue reading →

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