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Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Edward Greenwald is an American journalist, author, and former lawyer.
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culture · American journalist (born 1967) · lawyer · journalist · writer · pundit · blogger · jurist · columnist · also Glenn Greenwald, Glenn Edward Greenwald, Greenwald
Born 6 March 1967 · Q5568842
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2026· 7 entries
“Let me just say, [MSNBC] should have their top host on primetime go before the cameras and hang their head in shame and apologize for lying to people for three straight years, exploiting their fears to great profit”
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“exploring the possibility of creating a new media outlet.”
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“that the CIA, a longtime authoritarian and antidemocratic institution, plotted to find a way to criminalize journalism and spy on and commit other acts of aggression against journalists.”
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“It is the UK through their interception of underwater fibre optic cables, that is a primary threat to the privacy of European citizens when it comes to their telephone and emails”
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“the opportunity to reach a new audience, to further internationalize my readership, and to be re-invigorated by a different environment”
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Public attention spiked: 3,314 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.8× the usual 687, with 0 article edits.
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2025· 1 entry
nytimes.com: Glenn Greenwald
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2023· 3 entries
RealClearPolitics: Glenn Greenwald: Whether Intended Or Not, Ukrainians Have Become Cannon Fodder For Western Interests
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Yahoo Finance: Glenn Greenwald Begins Publishing Articles Exclusively on Locals, Rumble’s Subscription Platform
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Greenwald announced that he would begin hosting System Update, a nightly, one-hour live program on Rumble, an alternative to video-hosting platform YouTube
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2022· 1 entry
Fox News: Glenn Greenwald: Even if Elon Musk-Twitter deal implodes, seeing the establishment panic was a 'silver lining'
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2021· 1 entry
“Greenwald: Democratic Party the epitome of fascism they claim to fight”
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2020· 1 entry
Greenwald resigned from The Intercept, giving his reasons as political censorship and contractual breaches by the editors, who he said had prevented him from reporting on allegations concerning Joe Biden's conduct with r
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2019· 2 entries
Greenwald and journalists from investigative journalism magazine The Intercept Brasil where he was an editor, released several messages exchanged via Telegram between members of the investigation team of Operation Car Wa
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Of leaked telephone calls, audio and text messages related to Operation Car Wash and the retaliation he received from Jair Bolsonaro's government
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2018· 1 entry
“often depicted wrongly in the Western media as being Brazil”
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2017· 2 entries
The couple announced that they had gained legal guardianship of two brothers from Maceió, a city in Northeastern Brazil
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After the publication of the Vault 7 files, "top intelligence officials lobbied the White House" to designate Glenn Greenwald as an "information broker" to allow for more investigative tools against him, "potentially pav
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2014· 7 entries
Awarded George Polk Award (2014).
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Awarded Geschwister-Scholl-Preis (2014).
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Won Carl von Ossietzky Medal (2014).
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Awarded I. F. Stone Hall of Fame (2014).
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Sean Wilentz wrote in The New Republic, that some of Greenwald's opinions were where the far-left and far-right meet, characterizing his views as falling "often, but not always under the rubric of libertarianism
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Greenwald received the Geschwister-Scholl-Preis, an annual German literary award, for the German edition of No Place to Hide
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Cofounded The Intercept, of which he was an editor until he resigned in October 2020
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2013· 8 entries
Greenwald told the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament that "most governments around the world are not only turning their backs on Edward Snowden but also on their ethical re
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Greenwald left The Guardian to pursue a "once-in-a-career dream journalistic opportunity that no journalist could possibly decline"
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Awarded EFF Award (2013).
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Awarded Preis für die Freiheit und Zukunft der Medien (2013).
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In The Guardian in an article by Greenwald reporting on the top-secret United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order requiring Verizon to provide the National Security Agency with telephone metadata for all
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"to me, it's a heroic attribute to be so committed to a principle that you apply it not when it's easy
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Congressman Peter King (R-NY) suggested Greenwald should be arrested for his reporting on the NSA PRISM program and NSA leaker Edward Snowden
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“most governments around the world are not only turning their backs on Edward Snowden but also on their ethical responsibilities”
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2011· 1 entry
Greenwald criticized the prison conditions in which Manning was held after her arrest by military authorities
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2009· 3 entries
Awarded Izzy Award (2009).
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“… few events more vividly illustrate the complete lack of core beliefs of Democratic leaders, as well as the rapidly diminishing differences between the parties.”
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And the 2010 Online Journalism Award for Best Commentary for his investigative work on the conditions of Chelsea Manning
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2007· 2 entries
And reprinted in a paperback edition by Three Rivers Press on April 8, 2008, it was also a New York Times bestseller
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“The national religion in the United States is worship of all things military. And journalists are its high priests.”
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2005· 2 entries
Greenwald, aged 38, vacationed in Rio de Janeiro, where he met 19-year-old David Miranda, who had spent his childhood in the Jacarezinho Favela
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Because I could, and because, after ten years, I was bored with litigating full-time and wanted to do other things which I thought were more engaging and could make more of an impact, including political writing
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1996· 2 entries
Greenwald founded a law firm concentrating on First Amendment litigation
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Co-founded his own litigation firm, Greenwald Christoph & Holland (later renamed Greenwald Christoph PC), where he litigated cases concerning issues of U
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1994· 1 entry
Studied at New York University School of Law, Juris Doctor (1994).
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1991· 1 entry
Greenwald ran again, coming in third place with 18% of the vote
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1990· 1 entry
Studied at George Washington University, Bachelor of Arts (1990).
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1967· 1 entry
Born 1967-03-06.
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1917· 1 entry
“The Trump administration has undoubtedly calculated that Assange”
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