The Snowden files -- the inside story of the world’s most wanted man | Luke Harding | TEDxAthens
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Published 2014-12-15
So that’s the big picture. On a micro level what we can do about this as citizens?"
Luke Harding is a journalist, writer and award-winning correspondent with the Guardian. He has reported from Delhi, Berlin and Moscow and covered wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Ukraine. Between 2007 and 2011 he was the Guardian's Moscow bureau chief. The Kremlin expelled him from the country in the first case of its kind since the Cold War.
His latest book "The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man" was published in February by Guardian Faber. In June Oliver Stone bought film rights. Luke is the author of three previous non-fiction books. They are "The Liar: The Fall of Jonathan Aitken" (1997), nominated for the Orwell Prize; and "WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy" (2011), both written with David Leigh. The screen rights to Wikileaks were sold to Hollywood and the film, "The Fifth Estate", starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Daniel Bruhl, came out in 2013. "Mafia State: How One Reporter Became an Enemy of the Brutal New Russia" appeared in 2011. His books have been translated into 20 languages.
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All Comments (21)
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"Saying you don't need privacy because you have nothing to hide is like saying you don't need freedom of speech because you have nothing to say." - Edward Snowden
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Before Snowden, we knew we were being spied on. After Snowden, we knew we couldn't stop it.
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This man gave his freedom for his country, and is a hero.
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Snowden, an American hero. Who risked his life to bring truth to the people
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Forcing the Guardian to destroy Snowden's info is outright criminal.
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I feel like i am being watched while watching this and that really freaks me out
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Nobel Prize nomination for Edward Snowden is urgent - just like for Julian Assange!!!!
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It's unfortunate to hear how Snowden gave his freedom and risked his life for speaking the truth and trying to protect people. He warned people that their privacy is being violated, hoping they would be more careful, and his award for taking this risk is being one of the most wanted people in the USA. It's sad how good people get punished for telling the truth, but people who committed a real crime are still walking around unpunished.
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Have you seen the privacy policies lately? Forget the NSA, Google and Facebook know more about you than you do.
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Snowden has the biggest set of balls on earth to do what he did and him of all people knows what his former coleuges are capable of. I still would not be surprised if Snowden got a fast acting cancer any time soon or was in a tragic accident.
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Snowden is a brave man...and gives me faith in humanity,,,he risked everything for the worlds people
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I pitty the person who spy's on me what a boring job..
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We need more people like Snowden
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Interesting how four years after this speech The Guardian is so anti Assange I've removed it from my news feed.
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Thank you for such an entertaining and informative video. Snowden must be commended for his tremendous courage and The Guardian for their solidarity.
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Edward is a hero... Thanks Edward 💙
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Reminds me of the movie, I think it was: 'The cutter'. People record their entire life out of free will. The cutter is the guy who is the video editor who stitches together a summary of a person's life and times for presenting at the funeral of the same. Repression is no repression if people embrace it out of free will. Like the infamous 'soma' drug from Aldous Huxley. Or the continuous fiddling with the phone (not really a phone anymore) not caring much about privacy.
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I have applaud and appreciation for Mr Snowden . Bravory and sacrifice.
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Since my jail terms for opposing the war in Vietnam, I have been spied on continually. Learned not to be bothered about it. However, what bugs me is their efforts to sabotage my creative work. There must be some mechanism for monitoring and correcting this behaviour. What is good for the goose is good for the gander.
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What concerns me the most is the reaction of the audience. Reacting with humor, outright laughter is a dangerous sign of acceptance.
