Glenn Greenwald

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March 06, 1967 in The United States

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http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald

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Politics, Nonfiction

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Noam Chomsky

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Glenn Greenwald is an American lawyer, columnist, blogger and author who worked as a constitutional and civil-rights litigator prior to becoming a contributor (columnist and blogger) to Salon.com, where he focuses on political and legal topics. He has also contributed to other newspapers and political news magazines, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The American Conservative, The National Interest, and In These Times.

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How extremism is normalized

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There is one important passage from yesterday's big New York Timesarticle on President Obama's personal issuance of secret, due-process-free death sentences that I failed to highlight despite twice writing about that article. The fact that I did not even bother to highlight it among all the other passages I wrote about is itself significant, as it reflects how rapidly true extre...

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Books by Glenn Greenwald

Average rating: 4.01 · 523 ratings · 99 reviews · 6 distinct works

	With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful 4.28 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	How Would a Patriot Act?: Defending American Values from a President Run Amok 4.25 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Great American Hypocrites: Shattering the Big Myths of Republican Politics 3.68 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	My rating:
	A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency 3.74 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:
	With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2012	My rating:
	Drug Decriminalization in Portgual: Lessons for Creating Fair and Successful Drug Policies 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	My rating:

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“I don't have a 'side'—I'm responsible for what I say and nothing else.”
― Glenn Greenwald

tags: 2011 , argument , independence , partisanship , responsibility , twitter

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“Incestuous, homogeneous fiefdoms of self-proclaimed expertise are always rank-closing and mutually self-defending, above all else.”
― Glenn Greenwald

tags: 2011 , 2011-norway-attacks , consensus , elitism , expertise , experts , politics , twitter

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“A president who is burdened with a failed and unpopular war, and who has lost the trust of the country, simply can no longer govern. He is destined to become as much a failure as his war.”
― Glenn Greenwald, A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency

tags: george-w-bush , governance , iraq-war , lyndon-b-johnson , politics , united-states , vietnam-war , war

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