Trevor Timm: How free is our freedom of the press?
トレバー・ティム: 我々には、どれだけ「報道の自由」があるのか?
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
ピューリッツァー賞を受賞した—
Edward Snowden's name,
有名になる ずっと前に
he famously exposed
NSAがアメリカ国民の電話を
the phone calls of Americans.
暴露したことで有名です
影響力がありました
US intelligence operation
壊滅的な失敗が描かれていました
handed over blueprints
気に入らなかったのが
of a US government investigation
that he testify
for the US government's recent pattern
ジャーナリストへのスパイ活動という—
and spying on journalists.
象徴する存在になったのです
secret information in the public interest.
報道する権利を持ちます
if the media can't also gather that news
提供元である—
of the brave men and women
身元が守れないなら
迫ってきたとき
have done before him:
政府の要求を拒絶し
マシだと告げたのです
連邦刑務所に入れられるのではと
of going to federal prison.
when a curious thing happened.
奇妙なことが起こりました
it was vital to their case,
主張してきた政府が
to Risen altogether.
of electronic surveillance,
reporters and sources can hide.
隠れる場所は ほとんどありません
to have Risen testify,
無理に証言を引き出そうとしなくても
testify against him instead.
証拠として利用できたのです
and without his consent,
本人の同意もなく
his financial and banking information,
経済状況、預金情報に
of flights he had taken.
旅行履歴まで手に入れました
they used to convict Jeffrey Sterling,
検察は ライゼンの情報源とされる—
and CIA whistleblower.
J・スターリングを起訴しました
これはほんの1例に過ぎません
to protect whistleblowers,
公約したのにもかかわらず
has prosecuted more
司法省が起訴した件数は
could be a problem,
considers so much of what it does secret.
機密とされているなら尚更です
story about national security
重大なニュースは ほぼすべてが
coming to a journalist.
告発者から出たものです
unable to do their job
守られるはずの
is supposed to protect
果たせない恐れがあります
expanded ability to spy on everyone.
監視の目を強めたせいです
the government
even better than before.
しっかり守ることができます
they begin speaking with them,
証言台で使うのではなく
after the fact.
使うことができるのです
書いていた頃には
when Risen was writing his book,
than regular emails or phone calls.
ずっと監視されにくくなっています
SecureDropです
submission system
内部告発用システムで
Internet luminary Aaron Swartz,
故アーロン・シュワルツが開発し
at the non-profit where I work,
「報道の自由基金」が
or send information
情報の送信ができます
on any other contact form.
同じようなものです
and stored on a server
サーバーに保存されますが
has access to.
アクセスできません
secretly demand the information,
情報開示を強制することも
they would demand
情報の大部分への
only a small part of the puzzle
21世紀における報道の自由を守る—
in the 21st century.
all over the world
new spying techniques
新たな諜報技術を
to make sure
テクノロジー通の
the tech-savvy whistleblowers,
不正を暴露できるような
an avenue for exposing wrongdoing.
我々にかかっています
next veteran's health care whistleblower
新たな内部告発者が
about Flint's dirty water,
警鐘を鳴らしたり
守ることも非常に重要です
to help the brave men and women
犯罪を暴く 勇気ある人々に
all of our rights under the Constitution.
守るためにあるのです
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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