Media

He Broke The NSA Leaks Story, But Just Who Is Glenn Greenwald?

Mark Memmott — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:16:00 +0000

He's an advocate, an activist, a lawyer, a blogger, a columnist, an author and an award-winning investigative journalist.

Now, Glenn Greenwald is at the center of the stories about surveillance and data-collection programs being run by the National Security Agency.

Described most succinctly as a "columnist on civil liberties and U.S.

Newspaper Reveals Source For NSA Surveillance Stories

Scott Neuman — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:46:00 +0000

The Guardian newspaper has identified the source for a series of reports it's published in recent days on secret U.S. surveillance activity as a former technical assistant for the CIA who now works for a private-sector defense and technology consulting firm.

The U.K. newspaper broke the story of the NSA's acquisition of phone metadata and monitoring of Internet data through a program called PRISM.

DNI Calls Reporting On Government Surveillance 'Reckless'

Scott Neuman — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 21:19:00 +0000

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on Saturday said media reporting this week about government surveillance activities amounted to "reckless disclosures" that could hand terrorists a playbook to foil detection.

He said the surveillance measures are legal and said the reporting lacked full context:

"In particular, the surveillance activities published by The Guardian and The Washington Post are lawful and conducted under authorities widely known and discussed, and fully debated and authorized by Congress," Clapper wrote Defense attorney Abbe D. Lowell told a judge in the U.S.

'Chicago Sun-Times' Fires Its Photographers

Mark Memmott — Thu, 30 May 2013 17:57:00 +0000

The shrinking of the staffs in the nation's newsrooms continues.

The Chicago Tribune broke the news Thursday that its Second City rival The Chicago Sun-Times has "laid off its entire photography staff."

Crain's Chicago Business says that "the number of full-time workers affected is about 20, but includi