Glenn Greenwald

Website:             glenngreenwald.net/
             theintercept.com/staff/glenn-greenwald/
               theguardian.com/.../glenn-greenwald


Glenn Edward Greenwald (born March 6, 1967) is an Americanlawyer, journalist and author. He was a columnist for Guardian USfrom August 2012 to October 2013.[2][3][4] He was a columnist for theSalon website from 2007 to 2012, and an occasional contributor toThe Guardian.[5][6][7] Greenwald worked as a constitutional and civil rights litigator. At Salon he contributed as a columnist and blogger, focusing on political and legal topics.[8] He has also contributed to other newspapers and political news magazines, including The New York Times,[9][10][11] the Los Angeles Times,[12] The American Conservative,[13] The National Interest[14] and In These Times.[15][16]In February 2014 he became, along with Laura Poitras and Jeremy Scahill, one of the founding editors of The Intercept.[17]
Greenwald was named by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2013.[18] Four of the five books he has written have been on The New York Times Best Sellers list. Greenwald is a frequent speaker on college campuses, includingHarvard Law School, Yale Law School, the University of Pennsylvania, Brown University, UCLA School of Law, the University of Wisconsin and the University of Maryland. He frequently appears on various radio and television programs.
Greenwald has received awards including the first Izzy Award for independent journalism, in 2009,[19] and the 2010 Online Journalism Award for Best Commentary.[20]
In June 2013 Greenwald became widely known after The Guardianpublished the first of a series of reports detailing United States and British global surveillance programs, based on classified documents disclosed by Edward Snowden.[21][22] The series on which Greenwald worked along with others won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.[23][24]
His reporting on the National Security Agency (NSA) won numerous other awards around the world, including top investigative journalism prizes from the George Polk Award for National Security Reporting,[25] the 2013 Online Journalism Awards,[26] the Esso Award for Excellence in Reporting in Brazil for his articles in O Globo on NSA mass surveillance of Brazilians (becoming the first foreigner to win the award),[27] the 2013 Libertad de Expresion Internacional award from Argentinian magazine Perfil,[28] and the 2013 Pioneer Award from theElectronic Frontier Foundation.[29]
His work on the NSA files was in part the subject of the film Citizenfour, which won the 2014 Academy Award for Best Documentary. Greenwald appeared onstage at the Oscar ceremony with the film's director, Laura Poitras, as she accepted the award.[30]
Greenwald lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the hometown of his partner, David Michael Miranda.[31][32][33][34][35]Greenwald stated in 2011 that his residence in Brazil was a result of the Defense of Marriage Act, an American law barring federal recognition of same-sex marriages which was overturned by the US Supreme Court two years later. The law had prevented his partner from receiving a visa to reside in the United States with him.


Articles
Obama's NSA 'Reforms' Are Little More Than a PR Attempt
As Europe Erupts Over US Spying, NSA Chief Says Must Stop Media
Sen. Ron Wyden: NSA 'Repeatedly Deceived the American People'
The War on Whistleblowers and Journalism
The US Intervention in Libya Was Such a Smashing Success That a Sequel is Coming
The Deceptive Debate Over What Causes Terrorism Against the West
US Condemns Iran's 'Aggression' in Intercepting US Naval Ships, in Iranian Waters
and many more @ https://theintercept.com/staff/glenn-greenwald/
and more @ http://www.theguardian.com/profile/glenn-greenwald


Videos

Glenn Greenwald - Stop the War on Drugs and Terrorism
No Place to Hide - Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the US Surveillance State
Paris Attacks: Exclusive Interview with Glenn Greenwald
TED: Glenn Greenwald: Why Privacy Matters
Bill Maher Gets Owned by Glenn Greenwald
and many more @ https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=glenn+greenwald


Books                
With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful
No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and US Surveillance State
Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics
How Would a Patriot Act? Defending American Values from a President Run Amok
and many more @ http://www.amazon.com/glenngreenwald

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