Frontline: United States of Secrets

Over the past two weeks, the Pulitzer and Polk awards have recognized the work of Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, and other journalists responsible for bringing Edward Snowden  leaked documents to print. But one of the most high-profile TV reports on US surveillance was an uncritically supportive look from CBS and 60 Minutes. Today, PBS announced plans for a two-part Frontline special called United States of Secrets, which promises the "definitive history" of domestic surveillance since the September 11th attacks. The first part of the series, airing May 13th, is reported by Michael Kirk, who was recently awarded a Polk award for NFL concussion exposé League of Denial. It will examine the roots of the surveillance program in Washington, DC. Martin Smith, another award-winning Frontline producer and correspondent, will investigate the relationship between Silicon Valley and the NSA in a second installment on May 20th.

PBS has tackled the topic of surveillance before. In 2011, it aired Frontline: Top Secret America, based on a two-year Washington Post investigation by journalists Dana Priest and William Arkin. Frontline revisited the topic after the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013. Depending on its scope, the first episode of United States of Secrets will be either competing with or complementing Glenn Greenwald&squots book on the NSA and US surveillance, which is released the same day as the first episode. Laura Poitras, meanwhile, is currently editing her own documentary about the Snowden leaks.

承諾國內監控的"權威歷史"：前線的秘密美國

在過去的兩個星期，普利策和波爾克獎已經認識格倫·格林沃爾德，勞拉Poitras ，並負責將愛德華·斯諾登的洩露文件，打印等記者的工作。但對美國偵察的最引人注目的電視報導之一，是一個不加批判地支持一下從CBS和60分鐘。今天， PBS宣布計劃由兩部分組成前線特稱為秘密的美國，它承諾國內監控的"決定性的歷史"，因為9月11日襲擊事件。該系列的第一部分，播出5月13日報導由邁克爾·柯克，誰最近獲得了波爾克獎拒絕NFL腦震盪揭露聯賽。它會檢查在華盛頓特區的監察計劃的根源。馬丁·史密斯，另一個獲獎的一線生產者和記者，將調查的第二批5月20日矽谷和美國國家安全局之間的關係。

PBS之前已經解決監控的話題。 2011年，播出前線：絕密美國，基於一個為期兩年的華盛頓郵報調查記者達納牧師和威廉·阿金。前線重新探討這個話題的波士頓馬拉松爆炸案，2013年後，根據其規模，秘密的美國第一集將實行與同類競爭或補充格倫·格林沃爾德的書對美國國家安全局和美國偵察，這是在同一天發布了作為第一集。勞拉Poitras ，同時，目前正在編輯她自己的紀錄片的斯諾登洩漏。