Trevor Timm: How free is our freedom of the press?
Trevors Timms: Cik brīva ir mūsu preses brīvība?
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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kā Pulicera balvu saņēmušu
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter
Edward Snowden's name,
Edvarda Snovdena vārdu
grāmatu, kurā spīdoši atklāja,
he famously exposed
the phone calls of Americans.
pretlikumīgi noklausās telefonsarunas.
US intelligence operation
ASV izlūkošanas operāciju,
handed over blueprints
atombumbas rasējumus.
izlasiet paši.
of a US government investigation
ASV valdības izmeklēšana,
that he testify
for the US government's recent pattern
tam, kā pēdējā laikā ASV valdība
and spying on journalists.
un izspiego žurnālistus.
secret information in the public interest.
ir tiesības publicēt slepenu informāciju.
if the media can't also gather that news
ja mediji šādas ziņas nevar ievākt
of the brave men and women
cilvēku identitāti,
have done before him:
jau ir darījuši pirms viņa
of going to federal prison.
ka viņam būs jāiet cietumā.
when a curious thing happened.
pirms tiesas notika kas interesants.
valdība uzstāja uz šīs liecības svarīgumu,
it was vital to their case,
to Risen altogether.
savām prasībām pret Raizenu.
izsekošanas laikmetā
of electronic surveillance,
žurnālistiem un viņu avotiem paslēpties.
reporters and sources can hide.
to have Risen testify,
mēģinātu piespiest Raizenu liecināt,
testify against him instead.
pēdas, kas liecināja viņa vietā.
and without his consent,
un bez viņa piekrišanas
Raizena telefonsarunu ierakstus.
his financial and banking information,
finanšu un bankas informāciju,
of flights he had taken.
ar viņa veikto lidojumu sarakstu.
they used to convict Jeffrey Sterling,
lai notiesātu Džefriju Sterlingu,
and CIA whistleblower.
no daudzajiem gadījumiem.
to protect whistleblowers,
solīja aizsargāt ziņotājus,
has prosecuted more
Tieslietu ministrija ir apsūdzējusi vairāk
could be a problem,
izvērsties par problēmu,
considers so much of what it does secret.
tās darbību uzskata par slepenām.
story about national security
nozīmīgie sižeti par valsts drošību
coming to a journalist.
informāciju žurnālistiem.
unable to do their job
ka prese nespēj veikt savu darbu,
is supposed to protect
pirmais pants,
expanded ability to spy on everyone.
savas spējas visus izspiegot.
the government
even better than before.
aizsargāšanai nekā iepriekš.
they begin speaking with them,
kad uzsāk ar viņiem sarunu,
after the fact.
when Risen was writing his book,
kad Raizens rakstīja savu grāmatu,
than regular emails or phone calls.
izspiegošanu nekā e-pasts vai telefons.
submission system
informācijas nodošanai,
Internet luminary Aaron Swartz,
interneta zvaigzne Ārons Švarcs
at the non-profit where I work,
bezpeļņas organizācijā, kurā strādāju
or send information
vai nosūtīt informāciju
on any other contact form.
and stored on a server
tiek saglabāta serverī,
has access to.
attiecīgā ziņu organizācija.
secretly demand the information,
slepeni pieprasīt informāciju,
they would demand
ko viņi pieprasītu,
only a small part of the puzzle
mozaīkas daļiņa
in the 21st century.
aizsargāšanai 21. gadsimtā.
all over the world
new spying techniques
izspiegošanas metodes.
to make sure
the tech-savvy whistleblowers,
tehnoloģiski spēcīgi ziņotāji
an avenue for exposing wrongdoing.
paveicis netaisnību atklāšanā.
next veteran's health care whistleblower
ziņotāju par veterānu veselības aprūpi,
about Flint's dirty water,
to help the brave men and women
tikai drosminiekiem un drosminiecēm,
all of our rights under the Constitution.
mūsu visu konstitucionālās tiesības.
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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