NSA Reporting
Since June 2013, Laura Poitras has reported extensively on the NSA and Edward Snowden's disclosures. She has published articles that revealed the PRISM program, NSA spying on Angela Merkel’s cell phone and UN offices, Microsoft’s close relationship with the NSA, GCHQ’s hacking of Belgacom, NSA’s monitoring of global financial transactions and smartphones, NSA mapping of social networks of U.S. citizens, NSA sharing raw data on U.S. citizens with Israel, and NSA’s efforts to secretly expand its legal authority. Her video from Hong Kong of Edward Snowden revealing his identity was broadcast worldwide.
Her NSA reporting has been published in The Guardian, The Washington Post, Der Spiegel, The New York Times, The Intercept, and shared in the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
Prism: U.S., British intelligence mining data from nine U.S. Internet companies
Washington Post, 06.07.2013
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden video interview
The Guardian (also published worldwide), 06.09.2013
Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA revelations
The Guardian, 06.10.2013
How the NSA Targets Germany and Europe
Der Spiegel, 07.02.2013
Edward Snowden Interview: The NSA and Its Willing Helpers
Der Spiegel, 07.09.2013
Edward Snowden: 'The US government will say I aided our enemies' – video interview Part 2
The Guardian, 07.09.2013
How Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages
The Guardian, 07.12.2013
Ally and Target: US Intelligence Watches Germany Closely
Der Spiegel, 08.13.2013
Miranda Detention: 'Blatant Attack on Press Freedom'
Der Spiegel, 08.27.2013
Codename 'Apalachee': How America Spies on Europe and the UN
Der Spiegel, 08.27.2013
iSpy: How the NSA Accesses Smartphone Data
Der Spiegel, 09.10.2013
NSA shares raw intelligence including Americans' data with Israel
The Guardian, 09.12.2013
'Follow the Money': NSA Monitors Financial World
Der Spiegel , 09.17.2013
Belgacom Attack: Britain's GCHQ Hacked Belgian Telecoms Firm
Der Spiegel, 09.21.2013
N.S.A. Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S. Citizens
New York Times, 09.29.2013
Embassy Espionage: The NSA's Secret Spy Hub in Berlin
Der Spiegel, 10.28.2013
Codependent: Merkel's Pragmatic Approach to the NSA Scandal
Der Spiegel, 11.03.2013
Oil Espionage: How the NSA and GCHQ Spied on OPEC
Der Spiegel, 11.10.2013
Quantum Spying: GCHQ Used Fake LinkedIn Pages to Target Engineers
Der Spiegel, 11.10.2013
'Royal Concierge': GCHQ Monitors Diplomats' Hotel Bookings
Der Spiegel, 11.16.2013
N.S.A. Report Outlined Goals for More Power
New York Times, 11.21.2013
Friendly Fire: How GCHQ Monitors Germany, Israel and the EU
Der Spiegel, 12.20.2013
Inside TAO: Documents Reveal Top NSA Hacking Unit
Der Spiegel, 12.28.2013
For the NSA, espionage was a means to strengthen the US position in climate negotiations
Dagbladet Information, 01.29.2014
Spying by Ally of N.S.A. Entangled a U.S. Law Firm
New York Times, 02.14.2014
How a Court Secretly Evolved, Extending U.S. Spies’ Reach
New York Times, 03.11.2014
'A' for Angela Merkel: GCHQ and NSA Targeted Private German Companies
Der Spiegel, 03.30.2014
Data Pirates of the Caribbean: The NSA Is Recording Every Cell Phone Call in the Bahamas
The Intercept, 05.19.2014
N.S.A. Collecting Millions of Faces From Web Images
New York Times, 05.31.2014
New NSA Revelations: Inside Snowden's Germany File
Der Spiegel, 06.16.2014
Spying Together: Germany's Deep Cooperation with the NSA
Der Spiegel, 06.16.2014
NSA ‘third party’ partners tap the Internet backbone in global surveillance program
Dagbladet Information, 06.19.2014
Video interviews: Meet the Muslim-American Leaders the FBI and NSA Have Been Spying On
The Intercept, 07.09.2014
How the NSA Helped Turkey Kill Kurdish Rebels
The Intercept & Der Spiegel, 09.01.2014
Map of the Stars: The NSA and GCHQ Campaign Against German Satellite Companies
The Intercept & Der Spiegel, 09.14.2014
In Disguise as Climate Negotiators
Dagbladet Information, 11.01.2014
Obama's Lists: A Dubious History of Targeted Killings in Afghanistan
Der Spiegel, 12.28.2014
Prying Eyes: Inside the NSA's War on Internet Security
Der Spiegel, 12.28.2014
The Digital Arms Race: NSA Preps America for Future Battle
Der Spiegel, 01.17.2015
AT&T Helped U.S. Spy on Internet on a Vast Scale
New York Times, 08.15.2015