More than 900 pages of materials related to US.-funded coronavirus research in China were released following a FOIA lawsuit by The Intercept…
Reporters Once Challenged the Spy State. Now, They’re Agents of It…
News companies are pioneering a new brand of vigilante reporting, partnering with the spy agencies they once oversaw…
Glenn Greenwald: I’ve had enough of whiny, evil liberal journalists…
Since the Intercept is *still* whining about how journalists objected to their abuse of a huge archive of private data on Gab users they got — claiming we (and me) “lied” — here’s their own description, when begging for donations, of their intentions to target private people:…
Glenn Greenwald Resigns from The Intercept, Claims Editors Refused to Publish Biden Criticisms…
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald announced Thursday that he has resign from The Intercept, the online news publication he co-founded in 2014, accusing editors of refusing the publish his latest article unless all parts critical of Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden were removed…
Glenn Greenwald Charged with Cybercrimes in Brazil After Exposing Corruption…
Famed journalist Glenn Greenwald on Tuesday reacted to the news that the Brazilian government has charged him with “cybercrimes” by railing against President Jair Bolsonaro’s regime and its attempts to silence the press. The New York Times reported on Tuesday morning that Brazilian prosecutors alleged that Greenwald was part of a “criminal organization” that hacked […]
How Google Took on China–and Lost…
Google’s first foray into Chinese markets was a short-lived experiment. Google China’s search engine was launched in 2006 and abruptly pulled from mainland China in 2010 amid a major hack of the company and disputes over censorship of search results. But in August 2018, the investigative journalism website The Intercept reported that the company was […]
Intelligence Analyst Charged with Leaking Top Secret Information to The Intercept…
A former intelligence analyst and Afghanistan veteran has been charged with leaking classified information to the media. Daniel Everette Hale, 31, of Nashville, Tennessee, was arrested on Thursday federal charges. The reporter that Hale leaked this information to is not named in the indictment but the charging document identifies him as Jeremy Scahill of The […]
Former Intelligence Analyst Charged with Disclosing Classified Information…
Silencing the Whistle: The Intercept Shutters Snowden Archive, Citing Cost…
On March 13, a report in the Daily Beast revealed that the New York-based outlet The Intercept would be shutting down its archive of the trove of government documents entrusted to a handful of journalists, including Intercept co-founders Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, by whistleblower Edward Snowden. However, that account did not include the role […]
Ex-FBI Agent Gets 4 Years in Prison for Leaking Documents…
A former FBI agent in Minnesota who admitted to leaking classified defense documents to a reporter was sentenced Thursday to 4 years in prison. Terry James Albury, 39, pleaded guilty in April to one count each of unauthorized disclosure of national defense information and unauthorized retention of national defense information. Prosecutors had asked that Albury […]