Re: How Laura Poitras Helped Snowden Spill His Secrets - NYTimes.com

Posted by Marcus G. Daniels on Aug 15, 2013; 5:27am
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/How-Laura-Poitras-Helped-Snowden-Spill-His-Secrets-NYTimes-com-tp7583618p7583626.html

On 8/14/13 5:20 PM, Owen Densmore wrote:

Slightly off topic, but why didn't the Guardian give more protection to Snowden?  I realize Ellsberg was a US citizen, but the NYTimes gave him a lot of help staying out of jail.

Did the NYTimes do more than protect their source?  (It was Sidney Zion that named Ellsberg.)

I'm just guessing, but one reason why a newspaper wouldn't provide support (monetary, logistical) would be limit themselves to reporting the news rather than being the news.  A less abstract reason would be to not put extra scrutiny on government officials that give off-the-record information. 

Also, the Guardian was a second choice (see below), so it's not like he'd necessarily be considered an exclusive asset. 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/code-name-verax-snowden-in-exchanges-with-post-reporter-made-clear-he-knew-risks/2013/06/09/c9a25b54-d14c-11e2-9f1a-1a7cdee20287_print.html

Marcus

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