Glenn Greenwald

Born

in The United States

March 06, 1967

Website

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

Twitter

ggreenwald

Genre

Politics, Law, American History

Influences

Noam Chomsky, George Orwell, Isidor F. Stone

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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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Glenn Greenwald's Blog

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The FBI’s Investigation of Trump as a “National Security Threat” is Itself a Serious Danger. But J. Edgar Hoover Pioneered the Tactic

Last week, the New York Times reported that the FBI, in 2017, launched an investigation of President Trump “to consider whether the president’s own actions constituted a possible threat to national security” and specifically “whether he had been working on behalf of Russia against American interests.” The story was predictably treated as the latest in an endless line of Beginning-of-the-End dis...

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Glenn Greenwald’s books

Average rating: 4.07 · 14,277 ratings · 1,453 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State 4.08 avg rating — 11,803 ratings — published 2014 — 54 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 4.29 avg rating — 1,148 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 4.15 avg rating — 346 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 3.70 avg rating — 415 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 3.79 avg rating — 377 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 4.22 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 (Goodreads Author) , John Eastman 3.44 avg rating — 9 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
	SNOWDEN SIN UN LUGAR DONDE ESCONDERSE 4.13 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
	Afacerea Edward Snowden. Cele mai șocante dezvăluiri despre spionajul global american 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014	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

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Quotes by Glenn Greenwald

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

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

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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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