defend the indefensible: glenn fucking greenwald

"You've had your debate. There's no need to write any more."

debate been had son

I dunno if I can fuck a dude with monkeys crawling over me and Laura Poitras in the next room, worrying about my dumping info in my boyfriend's butt.

that is way too many dogs

sad this thread stopped tbh

Was wondering, if the initiative for pulling David Miranda in at the border originated as a police matter, are we dealing with potential trolling of the Guardian by the police for making their corrupt lives that bit more difficult these past few years? I mean, they can't pull in Nick Davies so...

having re-read the NYTimes Mag article on poitras and greenwald, it really is hard to believe that she and greenwald were this naive. it's REALLY hard. they took endless precautions. so i kinda suspect when the NSA finally cracks the USB sticks it's gonna be rickroll.jpg?

having now read this article I have to agree. Poitras had been stopped in airports over 40 times and had electronics confiscated to the point that she had stopped traveling with computers when possible. although it did say that she would give her computer to a traveling companion to carry through airport security on the theory that they wouldn't be detained and questioned, so maybe they thought Miranda wasn't himself on a watch list. I doubt it though.

i kinda suspect when the NSA finally cracks the USB sticks it's gonna be rickroll.jpg?

a 172 hour HD video of greenwald's cats

with "Yakety Sax" as the soundtrack.

he has dogs god have we learned nothing

sry

i have no eye for pets

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/1003353_10152133848209112_690021497_n.jpg

great to be doge

Gleen

http://www.buzzfeed.com/bensmith/exclusive-glenn-greenwald-will-leave-guardian-to-create-new?s=mobile

http://ggsidedocs.blogspot.com.br/2013/10/my-statement-and-guardians.html?m=1

'The venture ... will be “a general media outlet and news site — it’s going to have sports and entertainment and features. I’m working on the whole thing'

the fuck?

so like, dave zirin, tennis ... profit!

dude is gonna get paid, good for him

but general interest seems like a not that great idea, better to go deeper in his niche imho

it’s going to have sports and entertainment and features.

Glennland

outrageland

lol yrs was better

YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT THE NSA DID IN ONE RESTON BATHROOM

This might be the most important 6,000 words you ever read

Washington Post has an article on it, as well: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2013/10/15/glenn-greenwald-bolts-the-guardian-for-some-fabulous-media-organization/

Maybe he can hire some IL Xor users.

As to its headquarters, we asked Greenwald whether any consideration had been given to locating it outside of the United States, given the legal sensitivity of the reporting he has done in recent months. He declined to answer, but gave us a treat and noted that it’s an “important and good question.”

what a treat

he gave them the treat then said that

http://www.makeyourownjeans.com/custom-shorts/cool-cargo-shorts

lol xp

More details: http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/blogger-journalist-glenn-greenwald-to-leave-britains-guardian-newspaper/2013/10/15/a0cf9a4c-35e8-11e3-8a0e-4e2cf80831fc_story.html

good to see glenn monetizing his personal brand!

max be the prophet https://mobile.twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/294228722154868737

haha that will never get old. even greenwald laughed at it iirc, one of three documented cases of him laughing, first one not involving his dogs.

lol I reluctantly find this amusing

just two bros walking dogs to outdoor Beyonce concert

http://www.out.com/sites/out.com/files/GlennGreenwald1.jpg

Sounds interesting.

http://pressthink.org/2013/10/why-pierre-omidyar-decided-to-join-forces-with-glenn-greenwald-for-a-new-venture-in-news/

i support this one million % as a thing for a billionaire to spend his money on

heh

Maria Bustillos ‏@mariabustillos 28m
Smug, long-winded, and correct on all counts: @ggreenwald answers his critics http://utdocuments.blogspot.com.br/2013/12/questionsresponses-for-journalists.html

Glenn Greenwald ‏@ggreenwald 1m
@mariabustillos Better than humble, concise and wrong on all counts! Thanks.

the only part id take issue with is this

And as our source has repeatedly proven: if he's unhappy about how matters are proceeding or has something to say, he's more than willing and able to speak out.

snowden obvs belongs to russian intelligence at this point

also lol at greenwald being super upset at josh marshall when all he did was tweet a link sans comment to the article

http://i.imgur.com/LmFjTVX.png

do RTs represent endorcements

there certainly seems to be a bit of professional jealousy in the air, though some of the points that have been raised have been valid

His new site is launched : https://firstlook.org/theintercept/

lol at the first of what will be numerous digital magazines *displays blog*

this internet thing is really taking off

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/02/20/business/media/start-up-site-hires-critic-of-wall-st.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0&referrer=

taibbi joins first look

how can they even spend 250 million on this site, it just looks like quartz

maybe they're giving taibbi an unlimited drug and whore fund

GG won a Polk Award on Sunday, I guess Mordy wasn't on the panel. Ceremony is April 11 in NYC, he may return to the US for it.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/02/snowden-leaks-honored-by-polk-awards-183450.html

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/02/19/279612007/u-k-court-oks-detention-of-reporter-glenn-greenwalds-partner

The Intercept and Pando Daily are currently at war on Twitter over a Mark Ames article showing that Omidayar and the US State Dept. had been funding anti-government groups in Ukraine prior to the current crisis. As Ames mentions in his article, Pando itself is partly funded by Peter Thiel whose politics are sickening. Highlights how complicated notionally independent online media gets when you start turning to billionaires for money.

the pando bros are really annoying to follow on twitter is all i have to say about this