Snowden Associate Agreed To Interview Only If Journalist Was Naked
The New Yorker‘s George Packer has a new profile on filmmaker Laura Poitra and her documentary on NSA-leaker Edward Snowden and those are the terms he had to agree to in order for access to one of Snowden’s associates.
The Snowden associate was Jacob Appelbaum, a well-known Wikileaks hacker who has helped Snowden publish some of his confidential NSA documents.
Packer writes:
Click here for reuse options!He insisted on being interviewed in the club’s sauna, where another naked man was lying down. This seemed to be Appelbaum’s way of insuring that I wasn’t hiding any surveillance devices. We had contrary ideas about privacy: I keep my phone with me during interviews, but I don’t like discussing personal matters in front of strangers with my clothes off. After fifteen minutes, the pages of my notebook were soaked in sweat, and I asked to move the venue. We continued talking in an adjacent room, where numerous men wrapped in towels lounged on benches as Appelbaum told me the story of his life as an activist for anonymity.
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tracey marie October 11th, 2014 at 16:25
Paranoid traitors
tracey marie October 11th, 2014 at 16:25
Paranoid traitors
tiredoftea October 11th, 2014 at 16:33
Extreme actions to explain extreme measures?
tiredoftea October 11th, 2014 at 16:33
Extreme actions to explain extreme measures?
KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker October 11th, 2014 at 16:38
Eddy Snowjob and Glenn Greendrone are both drama queens and self serving arrogant assholes.
Not to mention both are treasonous and seditious pricks who think more of themselves than anyone in our nation.
Anomaly 100 October 11th, 2014 at 16:47
And naked!
Carla Akins October 11th, 2014 at 17:19
I am usually, a fan of younger naked men, but not these two.
Anomaly 100 October 11th, 2014 at 17:26
Yeah, me neither. The visual is doing nothing for me.
Kevin October 11th, 2014 at 23:31
Ya see, this is why there should be more female reporters, the optics there would’ve been much better.
Carla Akins October 11th, 2014 at 17:09
Uhhh, yeah. Exactly that.
KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker October 11th, 2014 at 16:38
Eddy Snowjob and Glenn Greendrone are both drama queens and self serving arrogant assholes.
Not to mention both are treasonous and seditious pricks who think more of themselves than anyone in our nation.
Anomaly 100 October 11th, 2014 at 16:47
And naked!
Carla Akins October 11th, 2014 at 17:19
I am usually, a fan of younger naked men, but not these two.
Anomaly 100 October 11th, 2014 at 17:26
Yeah, me neither. The visual is doing nothing for me.
Kevin October 11th, 2014 at 23:31
Ya see, this is why there should be more female reporters, the optics there would’ve been much better.
Carla Akins October 11th, 2014 at 17:09
Uhhh, yeah. Exactly that.