Trevor Timm: How free is our freedom of the press?
Trevor Timm: Kiek laisva mūsų spaudos laisvė?
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
žurnalistą,
Edward Snowden's name,
apie Edward Snowden,
he famously exposed
the phone calls of Americans.
nelegaliai klausėsi JAV piliečių pokalbių.
US intelligence operation
katastrofiška JAV žvalgybos operacija,
handed over blueprints
paskaitykit patys.
of a US government investigation
tyrimo objektas
that he testify
jis duotų parodymus
for the US government's recent pattern
kaip JAV valdžia
and spying on journalists.
ir šnipinėja žurnalistus.
JAV Konstitucijos Pataisą,
secret information in the public interest.
slaptą informaciją visuomenės interesui.
if the media can't also gather that news
jei žiniasklaida negali
ir apsaugoti tapatybes tų drąsių žmonių,
of the brave men and women
have done before him:
drąsių reporterių anksčiau:
of going to federal prison.
į federalinį kalėjimą.
when a curious thing happened.
nutiko keistas dalykas.
it was vital to their case,
labai svarbu bylai,
to Risen altogether.
nieko nebereikalavo.
of electronic surveillance,
reporters and sources can hide.
galima paslėpti informaciją.
to have Risen testify,
priversti Risen duoti parodymus,
testify against him instead.
jo skaitmeninę istoriją.
and without his consent,
ir be jo sutikimo
his financial and banking information,
ir finansinę ir bankų informaciją,
of flights he had taken.
informaciją apie keliones.
they used to convict Jeffrey Sterling,
nuteisė Jeffrey Sterling,
and CIA whistleblower.
CŽV demaskuotoją.
tik viena iš daugelio.
to protect whistleblowers,
ginti demaskuotojus,
has prosecuted more
patraukė atsakomybėm daugiau
kartu sudėjus.
could be a problem,
considers so much of what it does secret.
tiek daug savo veiklos laiko paslaptyje.
story about national security
saugumui svarbios istorijos
coming to a journalist.
kurie kreipėsi į žurnalistus.
unable to do their job
atlikti darbo,
is supposed to protect
expanded ability to spy on everyone.
daugiau nei reikia.
the government
pasitelkti technologijas
even better than before.
net geriau nei seniau.
they begin speaking with them,
tik pradėjus kalbėtis,
after the fact.
jau po įvykio.
when Risen was writing his book,
kokia yra dabar,
than regular emails or phone calls.
stebėjimui nei el. paštas ar telefonas.
submission system
Internet luminary Aaron Swartz,
Aaron Swartz
at the non-profit where I work,
nepelno siekiančioje organizacijoje,
kur aš dirbu.
or send information
arba išsiųsti informaciją,
on any other contact form.
užklausos formoje.
and stored on a server
ir patalpinama į serverį,
has access to.
naujienų agentūra.
secretly demand the information,
reikalauti informacijos,
they would demand
tokios informacijos
only a small part of the puzzle
į spaudos apsaugą
in the 21st century.
all over the world
new spying techniques
to make sure
the tech-savvy whistleblowers,
demaskuotojai,
an avenue for exposing wrongdoing.
turi galimybę demaskuoti pažeidimus.
next veteran's health care whistleblower
sveikatos apsaugos demaskuotoją,
about Flint's dirty water,
užterštą Titnago upės vandenį,
to help the brave men and women
padėti drąsiems žmonėms,
all of our rights under the Constitution.
esančias Konstitucijoje.
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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