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April 11, 2014

Greenwald, Poitras Return to United States for Polk Awards 
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Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, the two journalists who broke the
story about Edward Snowden's leaks on National Security Agency
surveillance, are returning to the United States today for the first
time since their reports were released. They are attending a ceremony in
New York today to receive the George Polk Award for National Security
Reporting. Greenwald told The Huffington Post he wants to return because
"certain factions in the U.S. government have deliberately intensified
the threatening climate for journalists," and "it's just the principle
that I shouldn't allow those tactics to stop me from returning to my own
country." Greenwald's partner, David Miranda, was detained for nine
hours at London's Heathrow Airport last year under an anti-terrorism
law. Poitras, an award-winning filmmaker who reports on U.S. wars and
surveillance, has also been detained dozens of times in the past when
re-entering the United States.

 

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