In all my work, I'm interested in trying to understand the human consequences of government policies.

- Laura Poitras

In all my work, I'm interested in understanding big issues through the lives of individuals.

- Laura Poitras

From a personal perspective, because I'm on a watchlist and went through years of trying to find out why, of having the government refuse to confirm …

- Laura Poitras

Snowden has presented us with choices on how we want to move forward into the future. We're at a crossroads and we still don't quite know which path …

- Laura Poitras

One of the most frightening things, I think, is the capacity for retroactive searching, so you can go back in time and trace who someone is in contac…

- Laura Poitras

There are people who are always going to try to engage in activity that is illegal and they're going to try to subvert surveillance. But everybody sh…

- Laura Poitras

We don't stand here alone, it's possible through the great organisations that support us. The disclosures that Edward Snowden revealed aren't only a …

- Laura Poitras

I think it's radical to censor information because the government asks you to. That's radical.

- Laura Poitras

We're definitely in an era where the government wants to keep more secrets and it wants to come after anyone who's exposing those secrets and in many…

- Laura Poitras