Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald
Greenwald in 2014
Greenwald in 2014
BornGlenn Edward Greenwald
(1967-03-06) March 6, 1967 (age 57)
Queens, New York City, U.S.
OccupationJournalist and author
EducationGeorge Washington University (BA)
New York University (JD)
GenrePolitical and legal commentary
Subjects
Employer(s)The Intercept (2014–2020)
The Guardian (2012–2013)
Salon (2007–2012)
Notable works
Spouse
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(m. 2005; died 2023)​
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Children2
Website
greenwald.locals.com

Glenn Edward Greenwald (born March 6, 1967) is an American journalist, author, and former lawyer.[2][3][4]

In 1996, Greenwald founded a law firm concentrating on First Amendment litigation. He began blogging on national security issues in October 2005, when he was becoming increasingly concerned with what he viewed as attacks on civil liberties by the George W. Bush administration in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.[5][6] He became a vocal critic of the Iraq War and has maintained a critical position of American foreign policy.

Greenwald started contributing to Salon in 2007, and to The Guardian in 2012. In June 2013, while at The Guardian, he began publishing a series of reports detailing previously unknown information about American and British global surveillance programs based on classified documents provided by Edward Snowden. His work contributed to The Guardian's 2014 Pulitzer Prize win and he was among a group of three reporters who won the 2013 George Polk Award. In 2014, he cofounded The Intercept, of which he was an editor until he resigned in October 2020. Greenwald subsequently started self-publishing on Substack.[7]

Through The Intercept Brasil in June 2019, Greenwald published leaked conversations between senior officials involved in Operation Car Wash, a corruption case in Brazil. The conversations appeared to show the investigative judge acting prejudicially against Lula in the lead up to the 2018 elections. Greenwald was charged with cybercrimes by Brazilian prosecutors over the leaks in January 2020,[8] though the charges were dismissed by a federal judge a month later.[9] He now hosts the show System Update on Rumble [10]

  1. ^ @ggreenwald (May 9, 2023). "It is with the most profound sadness that I announce the passing away of my husband, @DavidMirandaRio. He would have turned 38 tomorrow" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference SltZJ was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Volz, Dustin (June 21, 2014). "Glenn Greenwald". The Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics. Archived from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  4. ^ "Glenn Greenwald on Security and Liberty". The Guardian. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  5. ^ "Fringe liberal bloggers". Salon. June 20, 2007. Archived from the original on December 23, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
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  7. ^ Greenwald, Glenn. "Glenn Greenwald". greenwald.substack.com. Archived from the original on December 25, 2020. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference GuardianCybercrimes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYT6Feb2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ https://rumble.com/c/GGreenwald