Citizenfour AMA details Snowden’s life and additional footage release

February 23, 2015

Brian Galloway for redOrbit.com @brigallo17

Edward Snowden, Laura Poitras, and Glenn Greenwald, the creators of CITIZENFOUR, participated in a Reddit AMA concerning the documentary and the state of data collection and security throughout the world.

If you enjoyed CITIZENFOUR, Laura Poitras announced that she plans to release more footage from the Hong Kong Shoot. On the first day [she] met Ed, Glenn conducted a long interview (4-5 hours) that is extraordinary.

Check out the AMA in its entirety here. Snowden and the filmmakers go into great depth with their questions, so read through if youre interested and have the time. If not, here are some highlights:

On Snowden being a Russian spy:

The answer is of course not. Youll notice in all of these articles, the assertions ultimately come down to speculation and suspicion. None of them claim to have any actual proof, theyre just so damned sure Im a russian spy that it must be true.

On theworlds reaction to his leaks:

The biggest change has been in awareness. Before 2013, if you said the NSA was making records of everybodys phone calls and the GCHQ was monitoring lawyers and journalists, people raised eyebrows and called you a conspiracy theorist.

Snowden is asked if he thinks people still dont care about their privacy:

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Citizenfour AMA details Snowden's life and additional footage release