Glenn Greenwald

New Atheists, Old Tricks

Davide Mastracci | Posted 05.16.2013 | Politics

Read More: Islam, Lebanon, Atheist, Christopher Hitchens, Glenn Greenwald, Sam Harris, New Atheism, Boston Marathon Bombing, Hezbollah, Muslim, Richard Dawkins, Mehdi Hasan, Atheism, Politics News

I am an atheist because I tend to not believe in things I have no evidence for. Yet New Atheists believe scores of myths, with no evidence, about Muslims and Islam.

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The Most Terrifying Drone Ever! Run Away!

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.14.2013 | Politics

Read More: Civil Liberties, CIA Predator Drones, Rand Paul, War on Terror, Ted Cruz, President Barack Obama, Glenn Greenwald, Drones, Predator Drones, War on Terrorism, Eric Holder, Politics News

It's always a good idea to keep a tenacious eye on government authority. But if we, as citizens and activists, want to be taken as grown-ups, it seems to me as if we need to pick our battles wisely.

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Rand Paul Gets Help From The Media

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 03.06.2013 | Media

Read More: Rand Paul Glenn Greenwald, Rand Paul John Brennan, Rand Paul Filibuster, Rand Paul, Rand Paul Media, Glenn Greenwald, Media News

Rand Paul had some help from the media during his filibuster of John Brennan's CIA nomination on Wednesday. Paul held up Brennan's nomination in pr...

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'RECKLESS AND IRRESPONSIBLE'

The Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 04.28.2013 | Media

Read More: HuffPost Live, Michael Moore, Glenn Greenwald, Emad Burnat, HuffPost Live Clips, Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, Buzzfeed, Tessa Stuart, Media News

Guardian columnist and blogger Glenn Greenwald joined HuffPost Live Tuesday and railed against what he called "reckless and irresponsible" journalism ...

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Chuck Hagel: Finally, a Pentagon Chief Who Despises War

Doug Bandow | Posted 03.19.2013 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Log Cabin Republicans, Israel Lobby, Iraq, Chuck Hagel, War Party, Barack Obama, Iran, Neoconservatives, Vietnam, Department of Defense, Glenn Greenwald, Israel, Afghanistan, Dick Cheney, Politics News

While recognizing that war can be necessary, Chuck Hagel understands -- out of both personal experience and practical consequence -- that war is best avoided, if possible. Unlike the war-happy neocons, he sees military force as a last resort.

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Aaron Swartz Was An Internet-Age MLK, Some Say

AP | By DENISE LAVOIE and ALLEN G. BREED | Posted 03.18.2013 | Technology

Read More: Video, Glenn Greenwald, Aaron Swartz Death, Lawrence Lessig, Activist Aaron Swartz, Swartz, Ap, Aaron Swartz Activist, Aaron Swartz, Technology News

BOSTON (AP) — Since his suicide, friends and admirers have cast free-information activist Aaron Swartz as a martyred hero hounded to his death by th...

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An Outrageous Request: Please Boycott Zero Dark Thirty

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 02.18.2013 | Entertainment

Read More: Kathryn Bigelow, Frank Bruni, Jane Mayer, Manohla Dargis, Andrew Sullivan, Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty, Glenn Greenwald, Entertainment News

I've come here to urge you not to see Zero Dark Thirty, the new film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden. My reason is simple: The film glorifies torture.

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WATCH: Washington's Revolving Door Is Hazardous to Our Health

Bill Moyers | Posted 02.16.2013 | Politics

Read More: Lobby, Liz Fowler, Baucus, Lobbying, Money and Politics, Lobbyists, Glenn Greenwald, Johnson & Johnson, Obama, K Street, Max Baucus, Lobbyist, Politics News

We've seen how Washington insiders write the rules of politics and the economy to protect powerful special interests but now, as we enter the holiday season, and a month or so after the election, we're getting a refresher course in just how that inside game is played, gifts and all.

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Will MSNBC Hold Obama Accountable In Second Term?

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 12.06.2012 | Media

Read More: MSNBC Obama, The Backstory, Fox News Obama, Al Sharpton, Msnbc, Chris Hayes, Cenk Uygur, Dylan Ratigan, MSNBC Ratings, Phil Griffin, Lawrence O'Donnell, Rachel Maddow, Glenn Greenwald, Msnbc Obama Coverage, Media Criticism, MSNBC Fox News, Martin Bashir, Media News

NEW YORK –- MSNBC President Phil Griffin labels his network's sensibility as progressive, but the cable news channel could also be described these d...

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Glenn Greenwald: Petraeus Affair Shines Light on Massive, Unaccountable U.S. Surveillance State

Democracy Now! | Posted 01.14.2013 | Politics

Read More: Surveillance, John Allen, Romance, Warrantless Surveillance, Glenn Greenwald, David Petraeus Affair, David Petraeus, Video, Politics News

"You are talking about a massively invasive investigation that without any of their knowledge obtained their most intimate communications, all without evidence of any predicate crime," says Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald on Democracy Now!

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Five Specific Questions Journalists Should Ask About the Drone Strike Policy

Robert Naiman | Posted 12.26.2012 | World

Although it was a great first step that Bob Schieffer even said the word "drone" and made Mitt Romney say it too, to let politicians merely answer the question at this level of abstraction -- "I support drone strikes, too" -- is to let them off the hook.

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How Not to Ask an Important Question

John V. Santore | Posted 12.24.2012 | Politics

Read More: John v Santore, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Luke Rudkoswki, Kill List, Drones, Glenn Greenwald, Video, Politics News

On her end, Wasserman Schultz should now offer a public statement explaining the extent of her knowledge of the White House's drone program, and answering the more legitimate part of Rudkowski's question: Should Mitt Romney be trusted with this same power?

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The VP Debate Could Have Been a Lot Better

John V. Santore | Posted 12.15.2012 | Media

Read More: Martha Raddatz, Debate, Obama, Vice Presidential Debate, Paul Ryan, Glenn Greenwald, Joe Biden, Ryan Biden Debate, Biden Ryan Debate, Martha Raddatz Debate, Media News

While there were indeed things that Raddatz did right, this debate could have been much more useful for voters than it was. Her performance as moderator, and the debate's overall structure, deserve further scrutiny.

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Assange, Correa and the Belarus Imbroglio: Hard Questions Which the Left Must Answer

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 11.11.2012 | World

Read More: Noam Chomsky, Alexander Lukashenko, Ecuador, Glenn Greenwald, Rafael Correa, Julian Assange, Belarus, Wikileaks, World News

For anyone displaying a moral compass, Belarus should be a very simple open and shut case. Yet, because Lukashenko has opposed Washington, the international left chooses to ignore what is happening there.

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Democracy, Trust and WikiLeaks: A Conversation With the Mother of Julian Assange

Vivian Norris | Posted 07.26.2012 | Media

I believe that people such as Julian Assange, movements such as Occupy Wall Street and those behind the Arab Spring, actually want change for a better, not worse and more chaotic, world. But their image and their hard work is being hijacked and manipulated.

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Glenn Greenwald Moves To The Guardian

salon.com | Eric McHenry | Posted 09.18.2012 | Media

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After five-and-a-half highly fulfilling years at Salon, I will be leaving to join The Guardian beginning on August 20....

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President Correa, Please Protect Julian Assange From My Government

Robert Naiman | Posted 08.20.2012 | World

Read More: Whistleblowers, Espionage Act, Ecuador, Glenn Greenwald, Rafael Correa, Julian Assange, Drone Strikes, Bradley Manning, Wikileaks, Julian Assange Ecuador, World News

WikiLeaks has made a tremendous contribution to exposing U.S. foreign policy to public scrutiny. The importance of transparency and public information to reforming U.S. foreign policy cannot be overstated.

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Journalists Challenge Secrecy In Bradley Manning Trial

Center for Constitutional Rights | Posted 07.24.2012 | Media

Read More: The Nation, Amy Goodman, Bradley Manning Proceedings, Bradley Manning, Bradley Manning Trial, Glenn Greenwald, Media News

May 24, 2012, New York -- Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a petition requesting the Army Court of Criminal Appeals to order th...

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WATCH: Rachel Maddow's Epic Attack On Fox News

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 07.16.2012 | Media

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Rachel Maddow accused Fox News on Tuesday of inventing a scandal out of whole cloth to help Mitt Romney's campaign. In a segment that took up nearl...

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Obama Accused Of Lying About Marijuana Laws

Posted 04.26.2012 | Politics

President Obama is accused of lying about federal laws regarding marijuana. The charge, from Fire Dog Lake's Jon Walker, comes after the president'...

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Operation Shamrock and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Renee Parsons | Posted 06.10.2012 | Politics

Read More: Fisa, Warrantless Surveillance, Aclu, Fourth Amendment, Operatioon Shamrock, Glenn Greenwald, Politics News

For all of its good intentions in 1978, FISA has since been thrust into dangerous, uncharted territory, morphing into a vehicle of unintended consequences.

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The Bob & Chez Show 3/26/12

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.27.2012 | Media

Read More: Bob Cesca, Anwar Al-Awlaki, Chez Pazienza, Glenn Greenwald, The Bubble Genius Bob and Chez Show, Media News

This week's show highlights: The Anwar Al-AwlakikKilling and Bob Debates Greenwald on Twitter again; Ron Paul's mercenary army; the contradictions of war and politics; healthcare reform in the Supreme Court; the individual mandate defined, and other topics.

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Controversial Former General Privately Briefing NBC News Execs On War With Iran

salon.com | Glenn Greenwald | Posted 04.29.2012 | Media

Read More: Barry Mccaffrey Nbc News, Barry McCaffrey, Barry Mccaffrey Iran, Barry Mccaffrey Nbc Iran, Glenn Greenwald, Media News

Apparently, not only does NBC continue to present McCaffrey to its viewers as some sort of objective analyst, but NBC News executives use him as some...

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Glenn Greenwald, CNN Host Feud Over Iran

Posted 02.17.2012 | Media

Salon's Glenn Greenwald and Erin Burnett went back and forth over Twitter on Friday after Greenwald savaged a recent segment about Iran on Burnett's C...

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Glenn Greenwald: Media 'Taking The Lead' In Hyping Iranian Threat

Posted 04.16.2012 | Media

Read More: Glenn Greenwald Cenk Uygur, Video, Media Iran, Glenn Greenwald, Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks, Glenn Greenwald Iran, Current TV, Media News

Current's Cenk Uygur and blogger Glenn Greenwald talked about media coverage of Iran on Tuesday's "The Young Turks." Both agreed that large sections o...

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