Emma Best (journalist)

For the British politician, see Emma Best (politician).
Emma Best
Portrait of Emma Best
OccupationInvestigative reporter
Notable workDistributed Denial of Secrets

Emma Best is an American investigative reporter and whistleblower. They gained national attention for their work with WikiLeaks and activist Julian Assange. Best is known for prolific filing of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests on behalf of MuckRock and co-founding the whistleblower site Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets).[1][2]

During the Trump administration, Best was also known for reporting on the FBI files of President Donald Trump, his associate Roger Stone, and a company owned by then-Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.[3][4][5][6]

Best has been referred to as a former hacker and a "journalist and transparency advocate with a specialty in counterintelligence and national security".[7][8][9]

  1. ^ Thielman, Sam (February 6, 2019). "A new group devoted to transparency is exposing secrets Wikileaks chose to keep". Columbia Journalism Review. New York City: Columbia University. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  2. ^ Franceschi-Bicchierai, Lorenzo (July 20, 2020). "ICE Questions an Admin of The-Eye Archive Site About 'BlueLeaks'". Vice. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  3. ^ Leopold, Jason (January 19, 2017). "Trump's Long History With The FBI: In 1981, He Offered To "Fully Cooperate"". BuzzFeed News.
  4. ^ North-Best, Emma (September 7, 2018). "FBI Documents on Roger Stone Reveal Sabotage, Espionage, and the Life of a Serial Bagman". Property of the People.
  5. ^ North-Best, Emma (January 2, 2017). "Trump's Treasury pick appears to be part of a federal investigation". MuckRock.
  6. ^ Brown, J. Pat (January 31, 2018). "Even Congress wasn't allowed details of FBI's Steven Mnuchin probe". MuckRock.
  7. ^ Grauer, Yael (2019-10-07). "A Roundtable of Hackers Dissects 'Mr. Robot' Season 4 Episode 1: 'Unauthorized'". Vice. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  8. ^ Brewster, Thomas. "An 'Unhappy American' In The Russia-Ukraine Information War Promises A Huge Leak Of Data Stolen From The Kremlin's Internet Censor". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  9. ^ "Database Exposes Offshore Holdings of Prominent Germans". Der Spiegel. 22 May 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2021.