Trevor Timm: How free is our freedom of the press?
Trevor Timm: Que liberdade há na liberdade de imprensa?
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
o ganhador do prêmio Pulitzer
quem era Edward Snowden,
Edward Snowden's name,
he famously exposed
the phone calls of Americans.
ligações dos americanos ilegalmente.
US intelligence operation
da Inteligencia Americana é descrita
entregou projetos
handed over blueprints
do governo americano
of a US government investigation
contra uma de suas supostas fontes.
that he testify
for the US government's recent pattern
modelo de acusação do governo americano
and spying on journalists.
informações secretas de interesse público.
secret information in the public interest.
não lançar mão dessa informação
if the media can't also gather that news
of the brave men and women
homens e mulheres que lutaram
tinham feito antes dele:
have done before him:
para a prisão federal.
of going to federal prison.
when a curious thing happened.
sentença, pois algo curioso aconteceu.
it was vital to their case,
que o que fez era vital para seu caso,
as acusações contra Risen.
to Risen altogether.
of electronic surveillance,
da vigilância eletrônica,
e fontes podem se esconder.
reporters and sources can hide.
to have Risen testify,
impressão digital contra ele.
testify against him instead.
and without his consent,
e sem seu consentimento,
foram utilizadas.
his financial and banking information,
financeira e bancária,
viagens foram monitoradas.
of flights he had taken.
they used to convict Jeffrey Sterling,
que condenaram Jeffrey Sterling,
and CIA whistleblower.
Risen e informante da CIA.
um caso entre muitos.
proteger informantes,
to protect whistleblowers,
de Justiça processou mais informantes
has prosecuted more
could be a problem,
pode ser um problema,
que o governo faz é secreto.
considers so much of what it does secret.
story about national security
importante sobre a segurança da nação
que procurou um jornalista.
coming to a journalist.
unable to do their job
incapacitada de trabalhar,
is supposed to protect
do governo de espiar qualquer um.
expanded ability to spy on everyone.
the government
permite que o governo
de forma mais eficiente.
even better than before.
they begin speaking with them,
que começam a falar com elas,
se apresentar diante do fato.
after the fact.
comunicação que existe
Risen escreveu seu livro,
when Risen was writing his book,
que e-mails e telefonemas comuns.
than regular emails or phone calls.
submission system
erudito da Internet Aaron Swartz,
Internet luminary Aaron Swartz,
fins lucrativos onde trabalho,
at the non-profit where I work,
or send information
documento ou enviar informações
on any other contact form.
and stored on a server
guardada em um servidor
de notícias tem acesso.
has access to.
secretly demand the information,
mais pedir nenhuma informação,
they would demand
only a small part of the puzzle
parte de um quebra-cabeças
de imprensa no século 21.
in the 21st century.
all over the world
new spying techniques
técnicas de espionagem
to make sure
the tech-savvy whistleblowers,
an avenue for exposing wrongdoing.
abertura para expor infrações.
next veteran's health care whistleblower
a saúde dos informantes veteranos
hospitais superlotados,
que denunciará a água suja de Flint,
about Flint's dirty water,
alertando sobre uma nova crise financeira.
to help the brave men and women
foram só inventadas para ajudar
nossos direitos constitucionais.
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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