A little update on Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras: Both made it - TopicsExpress



          

A little update on Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras: Both made it into the country without incident yesterday and to the Polk awards where they were honored for their work. They were both understandably anxious about entering the U.S., but the glare of the media spotlight was great, which was undoubtedly helpful. Tom At the airport, Greenwald said he and Poitras were not 100 percent sure they could enter the U.S. without being arrested. He said lawyers had been seeking assurance from the Justice Department and they purposefully wouldnt give them any information about whether we were the target of a grand jury or whether there was already an indictment that was under seal. Still, Greenwald said he expected that they wouldnt be that incredibly stupid and self-destructive to try and do something that in the eyes of the world would be viewed as incredibly authoritarian. After the award ceremony, Greenwald told reporters that he still speaks regularly to Snowden, who was granted asylum in Russia for a year. He said Snowden was aware Greenwald and Poitras were to be honored in New York and was very supportive of that. U.S. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., who leads the House Homeland Security subcommittee on counterterrorism and intelligence, called Greenwald a disgrace to journalism and the country. No American should give Glenn Greenwald an award for anything, he said. bigstory.ap.org/article/2-reporters-who-probed-nsa-surveillance-back-us
Posted on: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 16:44:41 +0000

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