Today's must-read is Glenn Greenwald's report in Salon on the Us Department of Homeland Security's persistent and ongoing harassment of travelers returning to their own country. "A 2011 Foia request from the Aclu revealed that just in the 18-month period beginning October 1, 2008, more than 6600 people — roughly half of whom were American citizens — were subjected to electronic device searches at the border by Dhs, all without a search warrant." And "the case of Laura Poitras, an Oscar- and Emmy-nominated filmmaker and intrepid journalist, is perhaps the most extreme." As Dennis Lim wrote in a 2010 profile for the New York Times, with My Country, My Country and The Oath, Poitras has made "two of the most searching documentaries of the post-9/11 era, on-the-ground chronicles that are sensitive to both the political and the human consequences of American foreign policy."
Over the past six years, Poitras has been detained at the airport as...
Over the past six years, Poitras has been detained at the airport as...
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