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Democrats Continue to Delude Themselves About Obama’s Failed Guantánamo Vow
Obama's latest plan for the camp underscores a key truth: He never sought to end its scheme of indefinite detention but rather sought to strengthen it.
Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Greenwald is one of the three co-founding editors of The Intercept. He left The Intercept in October 2020.
Greenwald is a journalist, constitutional lawyer, and author of four New York Times bestselling books on politics and law. His most recent book, “No Place to Hide,” is about the U.S. surveillance state and his experiences reporting on the Snowden documents around the world. Prior to co-founding The Intercept, Greenwald’s column was featured in The Guardian and Salon.
He was the debut winner, along with “Democracy Now’s” Amy Goodman, of the Park Center I.F. Stone Award for Independent Journalism in 2008, and also received the 2010 Online Journalism Award for his investigative work on the abusive detention conditions of Chelsea Manning. For his 2013 NSA reporting, he received the George Polk Award for National Security Reporting; the Gannett Foundation Award for investigative journalism and the Gannett Foundation Watchdog Journalism Award; the Esso Premio for Excellence in Investigative Reporting in Brazil (he was the first non-Brazilian to win); and the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Pioneer Award. Along with Intercept co-founder Laura Poitras, Foreign Policy magazine named Greenwald one of the top 100 Global Thinkers for 2013. The NSA reporting he led for The Guardian was awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for public service.
Greenwald is a journalist, constitutional lawyer, and author of four New York Times bestselling books on politics and law. His most recent book, “No Place to Hide,” is about the U.S. surveillance state and his experiences reporting on the Snowden documents around the world. Prior to co-founding The Intercept, Greenwald’s column was featured in The Guardian and Salon.
He was the debut winner, along with “Democracy Now’s” Amy Goodman, of the Park Center I.F. Stone Award for Independent Journalism in 2008, and also received the 2010 Online Journalism Award for his investigative work on the abusive detention conditions of Chelsea Manning. For his 2013 NSA reporting, he received the George Polk Award for National Security Reporting; the Gannett Foundation Award for investigative journalism and the Gannett Foundation Watchdog Journalism Award; the Esso Premio for Excellence in Investigative Reporting in Brazil (he was the first non-Brazilian to win); and the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Pioneer Award. Along with Intercept co-founder Laura Poitras, Foreign Policy magazine named Greenwald one of the top 100 Global Thinkers for 2013. The NSA reporting he led for The Guardian was awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for public service.
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A Quiz for the West’s Great Free Speech Advocates and Supporters of Anjem Choudary’s Arrest
The arrest in the U.K. of a British-born Muslim extremist for pro-ISIS statements in a lecture prompts questions about which views should and should not be criminalized.
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To Defend Iran Deal, Obama Boasts That He’s Bombed Seven Countries
In the midst of a very effective speech in defense of an important deal with Iran, Obama proudly summarizes a disgraceful part of his legacy: one of militarism and aggression.
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U.S. Government Celebrates Its Arming of the Egyptian Regime With a YouTube Video
As Gen. Sisi's tyranny worsens, U.S. support increases, because support for despotism is a staple of U.S. foreign policy. Still, a video celebrating this support is unusually honest though warped.
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Listen to WSJ’s Bret Stephens Secretly Plot With “Pro-Israel” Evangelical Group Against Iran Deal
Listening to standard-issue neocons speak in a way they thought would not be public gives some insight into how they actually think and what they're saying when talking to one another.
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Dylann Roof Is Not a “Terrorist” — But Animal Rights Activists Who Free Minks From Slaughter Are
Washington and the industries that own it are determined to suppress the truth of the savagery and brutality our society uses. Imprisoning nonviolent activists as "terrorists" is their current weapon of choice.
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A Crucial Realization About Journalism is Learned by Being its Subject
Don't simply trust claims made in authoritative media tones — even if, perhaps especially if, journalists work for the most influential media outlets — unless they point to evidence that confirms or at least suggests their truth.
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NBC News Releases the Long-Awaited Trailer for its Summer Horror Film About ISIS
To commemorate FBI Director Comey's new warnings about ISIS, NBC News posted to the top of its news article a slick, scary, music-and-graphic-driven video using all of Hollywood's horror film staples to provide the visceral kick.
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The Spirit of Judy Miller Is Alive and Well at the NYT, and It Does Great Damage
As yesterday's ISIS article shows, you can pick up the Paper of Record on any given day, 12 years after its Iraq War debacle, and find reporters using the exact stenography methods that fueled it.
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Max Read’s Moralizing Justification for Gawker’s Vile Article
A good rule of decency is to stay out of the private, personal, and sexual lives of consenting adults, absent some very compelling reason to involve yourself.