Glenn Greenwald

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Glenn Greenwald (2014)

Glenn Greenwald (born March 6, 1967 in New York City ) is an American journalist , blogger , writer and lawyer .

Greenwald achieved worldwide fame when he edited the documents submitted by Edward Snowden in 2013 on the top secret NSA surveillance program PRISM and published them in the British daily newspaper The Guardian at the beginning of June 2013 together with an interview with Snowden. Because of this and the following reports, he is one of the central figures in the global surveillance and espionage affair . Since February 2014 he has been the lead author of the journalistic website The Intercept . Greenwald is a founding member of the Freedom of the Press Foundation with a seat on the Board of Directors.

Life

Glenn Greenwald was born on March 6, 1967 in the New York borough of Queens to Arlene and Daniel Greenwald. Shortly after the birth, the family moved to the south of Florida , where he grew up and ran unsuccessfully for the Lauderdale Lakes city ​​council at the age of 17 .

In the 1980s, Greenwald began at the George Washington University , a Bachelor -Studies of philosophy . After graduation, he went to the Law School of New York University .

Legal activity

From 1994 to 1995 Greenwald worked for the renowned law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York, where he specialized in litigation. According to his own information, he had a large number of offers from well-known law firms, but decided in favor of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz , because they already offered all social benefits for same-sex partners at the time.

In 1996 he founded his own law firm Greenwald, Christoph & Holland (later Greenwald Christoph PC ) with befriended partners and handled cases that affected the constitutional or civil rights of US citizens. In 2005, Greenwald stopped practicing, according to his own statements, because he hoped that writing about political events would have a greater impact on society. He also stated that he was no longer dependent on the income of his law firm and that he was bored of lawsuits.

He went on a journey of several months and met his current life partner David Miranda in Brazil . Since it was not possible at the time to obtain a residence permit for the United States solely on the basis of a same-sex partnership, the two stayed in Rio de Janeiro , where they still live today. Greenwald is now fluent in Portuguese.

Journalistic activity

Unclaimed Territory

Rio de Janeiro from a business Greenwald, the blog Unclaimed Territory (German Unoccupied area ) and was mainly concerned with the Plame Affair , the resulting investigation of a grand jury , the scandal because of perjury by Lewis Libby and the affair of the monitoring of the NSA without judicial decision between 2001 and 2007. The blog was awarded the Koufax Award for Best New Blog in 2006.

Salon.com

In 2007 Greenwald was hired by the online platform Salon.com and gave up his previous blog. He also wrote there on security and sociopolitical issues, for example the 2001 anthrax attacks . Due to Greenwald's offensive against John O. Brennan's candidacy for the leadership positions of Director of Central Intelligence and Director of National Intelligence , the latter finally gave up. Brennan has been accused of sympathizing with the interrogation methods (see Abu Ghraib torture scandal ) of the George W. Bush administration . When Barack Obama offered him the same position in early 2013 , he did not resign.

The Guardian

Noam Chomsky , Amy Goodman and Glenn Greenwald (2011)

In June 2012, Greenwald moved to the British daily The Guardian . After his meeting with Edward Snowden in January 2013, he was mainly occupied with the preparation of the material made available by Snowden, allegedly amounting to nine to ten thousand files.

On August 18, 2013 David Miranda, Greenwald's partner was, after meeting with Laura Poitras in Berlin at London Heathrow Airport detained for nearly nine hours and interrogated. His electronic devices (mobile phone, laptop, camera, memory cards, DVDs and game consoles) were withheld. In total there were 58,000 GCHQ documents on the storage media , the unfiltered disclosure of which to the public - according to representatives of the Cameron government - could "endanger the security of Great Britain". According to a spokesman for Scotland Yard , this practice was covered by Section 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 for a maximum of 9 hours without formal justification and judicial review. In the following action by Miranda in the London High Court of Justice , the seizure and confiscation were found appropriate. The Guardian's lawyers unsuccessfully argued on the fundamental right to freedom of expression . The verdict recognized an "indirect conflict with freedom of the press ", but assessed the determination as "necessary" and "proportionate".

“We're disappointed by today's judgment, which means that an act designed to defeat terrorism can now be used to catch those who are working on fundamentally important issues. The judgment takes a narrow view of what 'journalism' is in the 21st century and a very wide view of the definition of 'terrorism'. "

“We are disappointed with today's ruling, which means that a law to protect against terrorism can now be used against those who pursue fundamentally important causes. The ruling shows a very narrow understanding of what 'journalism' means in the 21st century and a very generous one with regard to the definition of 'terrorism'. "

- The Guardian

The appellate court considered the assessment to be lawful. It would be a question for the British Parliament whether the terrorism law complies with the European Convention on Human Rights.

The Intercept

In October 2013, Greenwald announced that they would be founding a new online journalistic medium together with Laura Poitras and Jeremy Scahill and financed by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar . On February 10, 2014 The Intercept launched :

“A primary function of The Intercept is to insist upon and defend our press freedoms from those who wish to infringe them. We are determined to move forward with what we believe is essential reporting in the public interest and with a commitment to the ideal that a truly free and independent press is a vital component of any healthy democratic society. We believe the prime value of journalism is that it imposes transparency, and thus accountability, on those who wield the greatest governmental and corporate power. Our journalists will be not only permitted, but encouraged, to pursue stories without regard to whom they might alienate. "

“One of The Intercept's fundamental roles is to insist on our freedom of the press and to defend it against those who want to hurt it. We are determined to move forward with what we believe to be essential reporting in the public interest . Our dedication is to the ideal of the truly free and independent press as a vital component of any healthy democratic society . We believe the essential value of journalism is to impose transparency , and therefore accountability, on those who hold the greatest government and corporate power. Our journalists are not only permitted, but recommended, to investigate matters regardless of which of them could be offended. "

- Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras & Jeremy Scahill

Greenwald was charged with cybercrime in 2020 for allegedly helping hack the cell phones of some senior officials. The private chat histories of the officers concerned were published in The Intercept, from which it emerges that the detention of former left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula may have been illegal.

Private

Greenwald has been married to the Brazilian politician David Miranda since 2005 . The couple has adopted two children.

Awards

Publications

  • How would a Patriot Act? Defending American Values ​​from a President Run Amok , Working Assets, San Francisco 2006, ISBN 978-0-9779440-0-2 .
  • A tragic legacy. How a good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency , Crown, New York 2007, ISBN 978-0-307-35419-8 .
  • Great American Hypocrites. Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics , Random House, New York 2008, ISBN 978-0-307-40802-0 .
  • With Liberty and Justice for Some. How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful , Metropolitan, New York 2011, ISBN 978-0-8050-9205-9 .
  • Global surveillance. The Snowden case, the American secret services and the consequences. Droemer, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-426-27635-8 . engl. Original: No Place to Hide (Greenwald book) | No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the US Surveillance State . Metropolitan Books (Div. Of Henry Holt and Company), 2014, ISBN 1-6277-9073-X (10). ISBN 978-1-62779-073-4 (13). - NYT bestseller.

Web links

Commons : Glenn Greenwald  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gary Stein: AT 18, FUTURE HOLDS PROMISE. March 13, 1985, accessed on July 6, 2013 (English, full version subject to charge).
  2. ↑ a b Jessica Testa: How Glenn Greenwald Became Glenn Greenwald. BuzzFeed, June 26, 2013, accessed July 6, 2013 .
  3. ^ Glenn Greenwald: Response to Right-wing Personal Attacks: My Law Practice; My Sexual Orientation; Where I Live . In: Unclaimed Territory . July 20, 2006. Retrieved February 2, 2007.
  4. ↑ That was true until the decision of the Supreme Court in the case “United States v. Windsor ”in June 2013.
  5. ^ Raphaela Birrer: Snowden's mouthpiece. July 10, 2013, accessed July 10, 2013 .
  6. ↑ 2005 Koufax Winners . Archived from the original on August 11, 2013. Retrieved on August 11, 2013.
  7. ↑ Brennan Pulls Out Of Running For CIA Chief, Chides Liberal Blogs . Archived from the original on August 11, 2013. Retrieved on August 11, 2013.
  8. ↑ US government: Obama nominates Republicans to head Pentagon , Spiegel Online , January 7, 2013 (accessed January 7, 2013).
  9. ↑ Home news I'll be writing in a new venue beginning next month. Retrieved June 11, 2013 .
  10. ^ Partner of Snowden confidante recorded in London , Spiegel Online , August 19, 2013 (accessed August 19, 2013).
  11. ^ Glenn Greenwald's partner detained at Heathrow airport for nine hours. August 19, 2013, accessed August 19, 2013 .
  12. ^ Judgment in London: arrest of Greenwald partner Miranda was legal , Spiegel Online , February 19, 2014. Accessed February 22, 2014.
  13. ↑ UK rules detaining partner of Snowden leaks reporter was lawful , Reuters, January 19, 2016.
  14. ↑ Jay Rosen: Why Pierre Omidyar decided to join forces with Glenn Greenwald for a new venture in news , October 16, 2013
  15. ↑ Welcome to The Intercept , firstlook.org, February 10, 2014 . Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  16. ↑ Glenn Greenwald charged with cybercrime in Brazil. In: DER SPIEGEL. Retrieved August 20, 2020 .
  17. ↑ New York Times: 'The Antithesis of Bolsonaro': A Gay Couple Roils Brazil's Far Right , July 20, 2019
  18. ^ Glenn Greenwald And Amy Goodman Share Inaugural Izzy Award For Independent Media. Retrieved June 11, 2013 .
  19. ^ Online Journalism Awards honor the best of the best. Retrieved June 11, 2013 .
  20. ↑ Award for Snowden confidante Greenwald. In: sueddeutsche.de. October 1, 2014, accessed May 10, 2018 .
  21. ↑ PM: International League for Human Rights awards the 2014 Carl von Ossietzky Medal to the whistleblower Edward Snowden as well as the publicist Laura Poitras and the journalist Glenn Greenwald. October 14, 2014, archived from the original on October 16, 2014 ; accessed on October 15, 2014 .
  22. ^ Reporters Without Borders eV: Heroes of Freedom of the Press. Retrieved February 1, 2018 .
  23. ↑ Germany: US investigative journalist Greenwald receives Siebenpfeiffer Prize. In: Zeit Online. March 15, 2015, accessed March 17, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Greenwald, Glenn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist, blogger, writer, and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Queens , New York City , United States