The first time Laura Poitras was stopped and questioned at an airport, she thought it was a mistake. Flying home to the US from the Sarajevo film festival in 2006, she was paged at Vienna airport and asked to go to security. She was put on a bus, taken to a baggage inspection room and questioned about her trip. She asked: “Why are you stopping me?” The answer: “Well, you know, your name came up on a US government list, and you have a threat score that is really high.”
當蘿拉•波伊特拉斯(Laura Poitras)第一次在機場被攔下詢問時,她以爲是弄錯了。2006年從薩拉熱窩電影節(the Sarajevo film festival)飛回美國途中,她聽到維也納機場的大喇叭裏喊著她的名字,讓她去找安檢人員。她被帶上一輛巴士,送到一間行李檢查室,接受關於其行程的盤問。她問道:「你們爲什麼要攔下我?」回答是:「嗯,你知道,你的名字出現在美國政府的一份名單上,而且你的威脅分數真的很高。」