Glenn Greenwald

Born

in The United States

March 06, 1967

Website

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/greenwald/

Twitter

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Genre

Politics, Law, American History

Influences

Noam Chomsky, George Orwell, Isidor F. Stone ...more

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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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Is the Traditional ACLU View of Free Speech Still Viable? Ira Glasser Speaks Out.

Today’s episode of SYSTEM UPDATE on this topic — with guest Ira Glasser, the Executive Director of the ACLU from 1978-2001 and subject of the new documentary “Mighty Ira” — can be viewed on The Intercept’s You Tube channel or on the player below.

That a belief in free speech is rapidly eroding in the U.S.is hardly debatable. Every relevant metric demonstrates that to be the case.

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	No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State 4.08 avg rating — 13,339 ratings — published 2014 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful 4.27 avg rating — 1,245 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Would a Patriot Act? Defending American Values from a President Run Amok 4.13 avg rating — 354 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics 3.71 avg rating — 441 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency 3.78 avg rating — 390 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drug Decriminalization in Portugal: Lessons for Creating Fair and Successful Drug Policies 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Digital Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald, Julián Sánchez, John Eastman 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die globale Überwachung: Der Fall Snowden, die amerikanischen Geheimdienste und die Folgen by Glenn Greenwald, Maria Zybak (Translator), Robert A. Weiss (Translator) 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nulle part où se cacher 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Securing Democracy: My Fight for Press Freedom and Justice in Brazil 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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

tags: independence, partisanship, responsibility

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“The way things are supposed to work is that we're supposed to know virtually everything about what they [the government] do: that's why they're called public servants. They're supposed to know virtually nothing about what we do: that's why we're called private individuals.”
― Glenn Greenwald

tags: authoritarianism, liberty, nsa, privacy, spying, surveillance, surveillance-society

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“Terrorism': the word that means nothing, yet justifies everything.”
― Glenn Greenwald

tags: 2012, terrorism, twitter, war-on-terror

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Is the Traditional ACLU View of Free Speech Still Viable? Ira Glasser Speaks Out.

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