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Tag: Laura Poitras

Why the Laura Poitras case is bigger than you think

Posted on July 17, 2015

WHEN THE DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER Laura Poitras filed a complaint under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) against three US government agencies this week, most media outlets ran stories on the details that built her argument, overlooking the issue of public records.

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