Latest on the computer analyst whistleblower who provided the Guardian with top-secret NSA documents leading to revelations about US surveillance on phone and internet communications
19 Oct 2014:
Laura Poitras’s brave documentary follows Edward Snowden as his leaks about the activities of the NSA shock the world, writes Mark Kermode
19 Oct 2014:
Finding a balance between national security and the right to privacy raises questions of competence as much as trust, writes John Naughton
16 Oct 2014:
Laura Poitras’s film shows the first extensive interviews with Edward Snowden after he blew the whistle on NSA and government intrusion, writes Peter Bradshaw
15 Oct 2014: Trevor Timm: The reporter who exposed the NSA before Snowden will go behind bars to protect his source. But he will not let Obama’s Bushian addiction to power take us back to endless war without a fight
11 Oct 2014:
Watch speakers including Edward Snowden, David Simon, Tinie Tempah, Conchita Wurst and Jack Monroe speaking live at this year’s Observer Ideas festival