Getting to Know Laura Poitras

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Who is Laura Poitras? Hear about the crucial role this American film-maker played in helping Edward Snowden leak news of a top-secret mass surveillance programmes being operated by the US government. Plus, the tech-savvy Americans helping Vietnamese bloggers cover their tracks. We investigate why some Americans are giving up their US citizenships and we find out about the 'November Project' - a growing fitness craze that is drawing huge early morning crowds in Boston and other cities across the US and Canada. And, Cuba gets its first English-language bookstore thanks to a New York City native. (Image: Documentary film-maker Laura Poitras. Credit: Associated Press)