Sarah Harrison

Protesters hold masks depicting former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden during a demonstration in Berlin on May 22, 2014. The sentence on the shirt reads, "What has happened to revolution?"

Laura Poitras’ new documentary tells the Edward Snowden story — with some free computer lessons thrown in

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Filmmaker Laura Poitras was one of the journalists whom Edward Snowden selected last year to tell his story. Now Poitras has released a new documentary with footage from the meetings that made Snowden a global figure and digital security an everyday concern.

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