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torchbearer
02-10-2014, 12:01 PM
http://mashable.com/2014/02/10/glenn-greenwald-new-site-nsa/

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Glenn Greenwald's new site devoted to the security leaks of Edward Snowden and broader "adversarial journalism" has launched as The Intercept.
The site is led by Greenwald and two other noted investigative journalists - Laura Poitras and Jeremy Scahill. Scahill takes the lead bylines with Greenwald on the site's first major story - an investigation of the NSA's role (https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/02/10/the-nsas-secret-role/) in locating targets for U.S. drone strikes.


In an initial post entitled "Welcome to The Intercept," Greenwald, Poitras and Scahill lay out the editorial vision for the site. In the short term, The Intercept will "provide a platform and an editorial structure in which to aggressively report on the disclosures provided to us by our source, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden," they wrote in a blog post on the site (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-09/pentagon-finds-snowden-took-1-7-million-files-rogers-says.html).


While the Snowden leak has already formed the basis of a large number of revelations about U.S. surveillance efforts, this may just be the tip of the iceberg. As more information about the leak comes to light, the scope of Snowden's theft has grown. Lawmakers recently claimed Snowden took about 1.7 million files (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-09/pentagon-finds-snowden-took-1-7-million-files-rogers-says.html).


The broader vision for the site includes the type of investigative journalism for which Greenwald, Poitras and Scahill have become know.
"Our longer-term mission is to provide aggressive and independent adversarial journalism across a wide range of issues, from secrecy, criminal and civil justice abuses and civil liberties violations to media conduct, societal inequality and all forms of financial and political corruption," they wrote in a blog post.


The Intercept is the first in a series of "digital magazines" that will be launched by Pierre Omidyar's First Look Media (https://firstlook.org/#/home). Future sites will cover topics from sports and entertainment to business and politics.


Greenwald left The Guardian in late 2013 to join the efforts of Omidyar, who founded eBay and has a net worth of $8.5 billion (http://www.forbes.com/profile/pierre-omidyar/), according to Forbes.


The site is here: https://firstlook.org/theintercept/

jonhowe
02-10-2014, 12:17 PM
Looks like it'll be a ZeroHedge for privacy news. This is indeed a good thing.

Thank goodness there are still honest reporters like Glenn.

Danke
02-10-2014, 12:24 PM
It loads.

ClydeCoulter
02-10-2014, 12:41 PM
It loads.

For me also.

torchbearer
02-10-2014, 12:43 PM
It loads.

It loads sometimes for me. Must be getting a lot of hits.
Every so often i get a server error.

Danke
02-10-2014, 12:53 PM
It loads sometimes for me. Must be getting a lot of hits.
Every so often i get a server error.

Everything is a little slow in Louisiana.

torchbearer
02-10-2014, 01:03 PM
Everything is a little slow in Louisiana.

I'd say the beer drinking is quite fast in louisiana.
But there is a time dilation effect, where as, our communication and ideas are about 20 years too slow.

Barrex
02-10-2014, 03:04 PM
It loads.


For me also.


It loads sometimes for me. Must be getting a lot of hits.
Every so often i get a server error.

It works perfectly for me.
http://files.abovetopsecret.com/files/img/ct51c9fbc3.jpg

BenIsForRon
02-10-2014, 03:54 PM
Greenwald and Scahill? CIA's going to have to hire some new employees to keep tabs on this one.

milgram
02-10-2014, 11:48 PM
Greenwald and Scahill were interviewed this morning on Democracy Now


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx0LsFMKf54

Part 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAkQDBzmUFM)

Part 3 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laaLzLCvO-I)


Scahill was also interviewed tonight by Chris Hayes (http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/drones-metadata-and-dirty-wars-146454084002), where he noted that there needs to be more Congressional debate "not just from the Rand Pauls and Justin Amashes of the world, it should be something that Democrats should actually pay attention to."

tod evans
02-10-2014, 11:55 PM
Live long and prosper Mr. Greenwald, they're gunnin' for you...

Constitutional Paulicy
02-11-2014, 12:12 AM
Lol.. Seems I've created a slight variation on this topic within moments of this thread being created... http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?443812-Obama-officials-weigh-drone-attack-on-US-suspect