The director of Citizenfour , the documentary about Edward Snowden and mass surveillance comes out in theaters this Wednesday, participated Tuesday in a debate organized by Le Monde Haut et Court. Here are the main times.
- What is Edward Snowden?
Even if she says no be in daily contact with the NSA whistleblower, Laura Poitras emphasizes the “ free to move ” in Russia and that he “ has given numerous lectures on the importance of privacy “since he fled to Moscow. Mr. Snowden has actually taken part in many events, video conference, most recently in Paris.
- How was the shoot?
As explained in the film, when she started working on the post-September 11 America, it has been systematically arrested and interrogated at the border when entering the US . To achieve Citizenfour, so she moved to Berlin. What has not allayed his fears: “We talked a lot of bad things that could happen. We were afraid that our editing room is the subject of a descent that our images are captured. We did not talk much positive scenarios. “
- Is she afraid to return to the United States?
Laura Poitras has regained some flexibility in its movements: “For six years, I was arrested and interrogated every time I went to the United States. We questioned me and copied everything there was in my notebooks. It stopped there one year. But I would not say that I am no longer subject to targeted surveillance. “
- The Oscar, evidence of the impact of the film?
“ For the Oscars, it is the film professionals who vote, it is a recognition [from the film]. “ But Laura Poitras also think that ” consciences have changed while we were making the film. There was an awareness in relation to technology, its impact, how to use it. “
- On political reactions after revelations of Edward Snowden
Laura Poitras refutes the idea of apathy in which citizens would be immersed and would explain, in the United States or Europe, a lack of reaction to the scandal of the NSA. “I think we’re all a little disappointed by our governments. But we have seen changes occur. Europe is in very worried – this is a sovereignty issue for Europeans. I worked for the Spiegel in Germany, and how the UK spy the rest over the European Union worries many Germans – and I think that this monitoring is also illegal in Great Britain. “
- On the means to control the activities of the intelligence services
” This n is not because something is technically possible that we have to do it “, says M me Poitras. ” We have a lot of weapons, but it is not why we have to use them … Now, governments are militarizing the Internet. We have a gap between the possibilities offered by technology and how they are regulated. And this regulation is precisely what we should do in democracies. Snowden itself does not say that there should be no supervision, but that it should not be a mass surveillance. “
- On increasing the jihadist threat and attacks in Paris and Copenhagen
“If governments can use these attacks to reduce our freedoms, they will, and we must respond, Laura Poitras judge. We must not give up our freedoms in the name of security. Use my country because of the violence, its policy of occupation, arbitrary detention, torture in Iraq and elsewhere, increases insecurity worldwide. “
- Cryptography, a viable solution for citizens?
Asked whether the use tools to protect privacy is a realistic option for concerned citizens of Snowden revelations, Laura Poitras says is all about “the government to regulate things” and set limits monitoring.
But she acknowledges that “ to e more and more companies offer such solutions to their customers.” A Member assistance asking him if we can really trust companies, she notes that at the end of the film, in the credits, does not appear any society, but “Free Software, Free, as TOR [The Onion Router - "onion router" in French] . ” “To answer your question, I do not trust big business. ”
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