Episode 592 • • 1:11:58 - 1:15:22
592: Taser Taser Taser!
Laura Poitras, MIT Donation, and Drone SIM Cards
The hosts discuss a $20 million donation made by the parents of filmmaker Laura Poitras to MIT for psychiatric research, noting a family history of bipolar disorder. They also share an email from a producer regarding the technical flaws in a recent Greenwald/Poitras story about drone targeting via SIM cards, explaining how "boots on the ground" are actually used to clone and track phones in Afghanistan.