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"Citizenfour" quotes

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In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her.

Director: Laura Poitras
Writer: N/A
Production: N/A
Genre: documentary
Year: 2014
MetaScore: 88/100
ImdbRating: 8.0
BoxOffice: $2,800,870
Released: 28 Nov 2014
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 44 wins & 39 nominations total

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William BinneyEdward SnowdenTITLE CARD][FIRST TITLE CARDS][TITLE CARDS]Ewen MacAskill
I don't know why they did that but they did so - Citizenfour 00:07 I don't know why they did that but they did so You asked why I picked you - Citizenfour 00:05 You asked why I picked you This time in The Washington Post - Citizenfour 00:12 This time in The Washington Post In reality that defense is totally false - Citizenfour 00:31 In reality that defense is totally false Now word the government is going right into the servers - Citizenfour 00:06 Now word the government is going right into the servers Nice of them to let us know about that in advance - Citizenfour 00:05 Nice of them to let us know about that in advance Is aware of my intentions - Citizenfour 00:08 Is aware of my intentions To the press in the public interest - Citizenfour 00:06 To the press in the public interest You know any of their agents or assets - Citizenfour 00:10 You know any of their agents or assets And assuming all kinds of worst case scenarios - Citizenfour 00:35 And assuming all kinds of worst case scenarios For a little while - Citizenfour 00:21 For a little while When they resist policy changes and when they try to protest - Citizenfour 00:04 When they resist policy changes and when they try to protest I do I do - Citizenfour 00:37 I do I do So just walk me through it and - Citizenfour 00:04 So just walk me through it and And that's exactly what these programs do - Citizenfour 00:05 And that's exactly what these programs do In the history of man - Citizenfour 00:03 In the history of man On when you guys are going to press with the first stories - Citizenfour 00:05 On when you guys are going to press with the first stories There are cases where they could inadvertently - Citizenfour 00:09 There are cases where they could inadvertently How in depth are we going just in general - Citizenfour 00:11 How in depth are we going just in general They were all briefed into the program - Citizenfour 00:20 They were all briefed into the program But I want to start introducing you - Citizenfour 00:06 But I want to start introducing you And why he thought it was so important to change the way we were doing things - Citizenfour 00:05 And why he thought it was so important to change the way we... Which I also learned at NSA - Citizenfour 00:24 Which I also learned at NSA To walk into it um - Citizenfour 00:34 To walk into it um This is the fact you're about to break the most upsetting story - Citizenfour 00:04 This is the fact you're about to break the most upsetting... I uh my name is Edward Snowden - Citizenfour 00:35 I uh my name is Edward Snowden Tell me your thoughts on where you are with that - Citizenfour 00:29 Tell me your thoughts on where you are with that You know we all have a stake in this This is our country - Citizenfour 00:15 You know we all have a stake in this This is our country We are building the greatest weapon for oppression - Citizenfour 00:06 We are building the greatest weapon for oppression Assume your adversary is capable of one trillion guesses per second - Citizenfour 00:06 Assume your adversary is capable of one trillion guesses per...

Cast

Self - Edward Snowden
Self - Glenn Greenwald
Self - William Binney
Self - Jacob Appelbaum
Self - Ewen MacAskill
All Cast