Trevor Timm: How free is our freedom of the press?
Trevor Timm: A quel point la liberté de la presse est-elle garantie ?
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
le reporter du New-York Times
le nom d'Edward Snowden,
Edward Snowden's name,
dans lequel il révélait
he famously exposed
les appels téléphoniques des Américains.
the phone calls of Americans.
US intelligence operation
des services de renseignements américains
a littéralement donné
handed over blueprints
à l'Iran.
du gouvernement américain
of a US government investigation
l'ont fait témoigner
that he testify
for the US government's recent pattern
il devenait l'incarnation
gouvernementale
et à espionner les journalistes.
and spying on journalists.
secret information in the public interest.
dans l'intérêt public.
if the media can't also gather that news
réunir des informations
of the brave men and women
des hommes et femmes courageux
de courageux reporters avant lui :
have done before him:
d'être envoyé en prison fédérale.
of going to federal prison.
when a curious thing happened.
quelques jours avant le procès,
it was vital to their case,
qu'il était vital pour leur affaire,
toute demande concernant Risen.
to Risen altogether.
de la surveillance électronique,
of electronic surveillance,
reporters and sources can hide.
ont peu d'endroits où se cacher.
to have Risen testify,
témoigner Risen, et d'échouer,
de sa piste numérique contre lui.
testify against him instead.
and without his consent,
et sans son accord,
les relevés téléphoniques de Risen.
his financial and banking information,
ses informations financières et bancaires,
et la liste des vols qu'il avait pris.
of flights he had taken.
they used to convict Jeffrey Sterling,
de condamner Jeffrey Sterling
de Risen au sein de la CIA.
and CIA whistleblower.
d'affaires similaires.
to protect whistleblowers,
de protéger les lanceurs d'alertes,
a entamé plus de poursuites
has prosecuted more
administrations réunies.
could be a problem,
beaucoup de ses activités secrètes.
considers so much of what it does secret.
story about national security
concernant la sécurité nationale
coming to a journalist.
venant voir un journaliste.
unable to do their job
faire son travail,
est censé protéger,
is supposed to protect
à espionner tout le monde.
expanded ability to spy on everyone.
the government
a permis au gouvernement
utiliser la technologie
encore mieux qu'avant.
even better than before.
they begin speaking with them,
où on commence à parler avec les sources
after the fact.
passées à la barre.
de communication -
when Risen was writing his book,
quand Risen a écrit son livre -
than regular emails or phone calls.
qu'un appel ou un mail classique.
de dépôt de dénonciations
submission system
grand nom d'internet,
Internet luminary Aaron Swartz,
par l'organisation où je travaille :
at the non-profit where I work,
d'un organe de presse,
or send information
ou envoyer des informations
sur un formulaire de contact.
on any other contact form.
and stored on a server
et sauvegardé sur un serveur
has access to.
secretly demand the information,
secrètement exiger l'information
ne seraient plus disponibles.
they would demand
only a small part of the puzzle
qu'une pièce du puzzle
de la presse au XXIe siècle.
in the 21st century.
all over the world
les gouvernements du monde entier
de nouvelles méthodes d'espionnage,
new spying techniques
to make sure
et nous assurer
en technologie,
the tech-savvy whistleblowers,
les seuls à exposer des malversations.
an avenue for exposing wrongdoing.
next veteran's health care whistleblower
du système de santé des vétérans
des hôpitaux,
de l'eau à Flint,
about Flint's dirty water,
crise financière.
to help the brave men and women
pour protéger les courageuses personnes
nos droits constitutionnels.
all of our rights under the Constitution.
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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