Tag Archives: Glenn Greenwald

Another Friendly Leak?

Just in order to put Germany in its place? Yesterday, Germany’s leading tabloid BamS had reported that, after President Obama had banned in January U.S. eavesdropping on leaders of close U.S. allies, including Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, NSA has right now switched … Continue reading

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The Difference Between Tyranny and Freedom

After Julian Assange in 2010, Thomas Drake and Jesselyn Radack in 2011, and Edward Snowden last year, Chelsea Manning has received the 2014 Sam Adams Award, not named after the 18th century Founding Father but CIA whistle-blower during the Vietnam War, Samuel A. Adams. … Continue reading

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WikiLeaks a Terrorist Organization?

The recent revelations, leaked by NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden, that both NSA and itsUK counterpart GCHQ had targeted whistle-blower platform WikiLeaks and, after the publication of the Afghanistan Warlogs had pressured other countries with forces in Afghanistan such as Australia, the … Continue reading

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Will Glenn Greenwald Travel to the U.S. to Accept the George Polk Award?

Greenwald who has stayed in his second home in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, since he had begun launching stories about NSA and GCHQ mass surveillance last year had foretold his former employer Salon.com that he might return to the U.S. … Continue reading

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Forces of Evil

In the wake of suggestions, by high-ranked officials, that some journalists may be “accomplices” of NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden, who had helped steal and fenced NSA secrets, Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill and Laura Poitras have launched their counter-attack. Launching, at Pierre Omidyar’s … Continue reading

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