PO102 Chapter Notes - Chapter Tutorial #1 reading: Embedded Journalism, Public Good, Jacob Appelbaum

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How laura poitras helped snowden spill his secrets. Poitras and greenwald are not facing any charges (yet) but do plan to stay away from. Obama administration"s pursuit of leaky journalists and the ones who receive the leak. Greenwald said that the government would be unwise to arrest them because of bad publicity and also wouldn"t stop the flow of information. Government does not always take the smartest actions. Poitras is not as extensive or carefree as greenwald. Poitras is concerned about their physical safety. The odd-couple possess thousands of nsa documents and have published only a handful. Poitras feels as though she will never live in a place of privacy again. Greenwald is hailed as either a fearless defender or a traitor. Article was published saying nsa was spying on brazilian phone calls and emails. Nobody paid attention to poitras and all attention was on greenwald. Poitras seemed to work at blending in.

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