Trevor Timm: How free is our freedom of the press?
Trevor Timm: ¿Cuán libre es nuestra libertad de expresión?
Trevor Timm is the co-founder and executive director of Freedom of the Press Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports and defends journalism dedicated to transparency and accountability. Full bio
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Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter
Pulitzer para The New York Times.
el nombre de Edward Snowden,
Edward Snowden's name,
he famously exposed
el que célebremente reveló
the phone calls of Americans.
llamadas telefónicas estadounidenses.
un impacto más duradero.
US intelligence operation
de inteligencia estadounidense
handed over blueprints
planos de una bomba nuclear a Irán.
no le gustó ese capítulo?
of a US government investigation
por el gobierno de EE.UU.,
that he testify
de sus supuestas fuentes.
for the US government's recent pattern
reciente del gobierno de EE.UU.
and spying on journalists.
y espiar periodistas.
información secreta de interés público.
secret information in the public interest.
if the media can't also gather that news
las noticias y proteger la identidad
of the brave men and women
que se las proporcionan.
have done before him:
valientes han hecho antes que él:
prefería ir a la cárcel.
of going to federal prison.
de ir a una prisión federal,
when a curious thing happened.
cuando sucedió algo curioso.
it was vital to their case,
que era vital para su caso,
to Risen altogether.
todos los cargos contra Risen.
of electronic surveillance,
la vigilancia electrónica,
reporters and sources can hide.
pueden ocultarse.
to have Risen testify,
testifique y no conseguirlo,
testify against him instead.
y declarar contra él.
y sin su consentimiento,
and without his consent,
registros telefónicos de Risen.
his financial and banking information,
sus registros financieros y bancarios,
of flights he had taken.
de los vuelos realizados.
para condenar a Jeffrey Sterling,
they used to convict Jeffrey Sterling,
and CIA whistleblower.
y delator de la CIA.
un caso de muchos.
to protect whistleblowers,
proteger a los informantes
has prosecuted more
de Justicia los ha procesado
administraciones juntas.
could be a problem,
podría ser un problema,
considers so much of what it does secret.
que gran parte de lo que hace es secreto.
importante sobre seguridad nacional
story about national security
coming to a journalist.
que llega a un periodista.
unable to do their job
no pueda hacer el trabajo
is supposed to protect
se supone debe proteger
expanded ability to spy on everyone.
del gobierno de espiarnos.
ha permitido al gobierno
the government
usar la tecnología
even better than before.
incluso mejor que antes.
en que comienzan a hablar con ellos,
they begin speaking with them,
after the fact.
desde el estrado.
when Risen was writing his book,
estaba escribiendo su libro,
than regular emails or phone calls.
que los emails normales y las llamadas.
herramientas es SecureDrop,
submission system
de código abierto
Internet luminary Aaron Swartz,
visionario Aaron Swartz,
sin fines de lucro donde trabajo,
at the non-profit where I work,
a la página de una agencia de noticias,
or send information
un documento o enviar información
on any other contact form.
otro formulario de contacto.
y almacenará en un servidor
and stored on a server
has access to.
de noticias tiene acceso.
secretly demand the information,
en secreto exigir la información,
they would demand
que exigirían
una pequeña parte del rompecabezas
only a small part of the puzzle
in the 21st century.
de prensa en el siglo XXI.
los gobiernos de todo el mundo
all over the world
nuevas técnicas de espionaje
new spying techniques
to make sure
the tech-savvy whistleblowers,
de la tecnología, como Edward Snowden,
an avenue for exposing wrongdoing.
actuaciones incorrectas.
next veteran's health care whistleblower
del hacinamiento en los hospitales,
about Flint's dirty water,
sobre el agua sucia de Flint
de la próxima crisis financiera.
to help the brave men and women
herramientas no existen
y mujeres a denunciar crímenes
all of our rights under the Constitution.
los derechos que otorga la Constitución.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Trevor Timm - Writer, activist and legal analystTrevor Timm is the co-founder and executive director of Freedom of the Press Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports and defends journalism dedicated to transparency and accountability.
Why you should listen
Trevor Timm is a co-founder and the executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation. He is a journalist, activist, and lawyer who writes a twice weekly column for The Guardian on privacy, free speech, and national security. He has contributed to The Atlantic, Al Jazeera, Foreign Policy, Harvard Law and Policy Review, PBS MediaShift and Politico.
Trevor formerly worked as an activist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Before that, he helped the longtime General Counsel of The New York Times, James Goodale, write a book on the Pentagon Papers and the First Amendment. He received his J.D. from New York Law School.
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