Jeremy Scahill

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Jeremy Scahill at Chatham House , 2013

Jeremy Scahill (born October 18, 1974 ) is an American journalist, author and filmmaker from Brooklyn , best known for the book Blackwater : The Rise of the Most Powerful Private Army in the World and his later film Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield .

He's a security correspondent for The Nation magazine and was for Democracy Now! active. Since February 2014 he has been the central figure of The Intercept together with Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald .

origin

Scahill's parents were activists , he grew up in Milwaukee and attended some colleges there until he dropped out because he preferred to devote his time to "the fight for justice in this country".

While working at the largest homeless shelter in Los Angeles , he listened to a radio report by Amy Goodman , who integrated him into the movement for "Democracy Now!" After moving to New York.

Career

Scahill, 2009

Scahill is Senior -producer for "Democracy Now!" And received 1998 together with Goodman for the program " Drilling and Killing " ( drilling and killing ) that a possible link between the death of two Nigerian environmentalists and the energy company Chevron examined the George Polk Award . He reported several times from Iraq , Serbia during the fall of Slobodan Milošević , Afghanistan , Somalia and other crisis regions .

His work Blackwater : The Rise of the Most Powerful Private Army in the World became bestsellers in 2008 , including in the New York Times .

On the basis of Scahill's research, he was invited to hearings in the US Congress several times, for example in 2010 before the House Judiciary Committee , where he testified:

“As the war rages on in Afghanistan and — despite spin to the contrary — in Iraq as well, US Special Operations Forces and the Central Intelligence Agency are engaged in parallel, covert, shadow wars that are waged in near total darkness and largely away from effective or meaningful congressional oversight or journalistic scrutiny. The actions and consequences of these wars is seldom discussed in public or investigated by the Congress. The current US strategy can be summed up as follows: We are trying to kill our way to peace. And the killing fields are growing in number. "

“While the war is raging in Afghanistan and - despite attempts to portray it differently - just as raging in Iraq, US special operations forces and the CIA are fighting in parallel, covert shadow wars in almost complete darkness and far from effective or effective control by Congress or journalism. The effects and consequences of these wars are rarely discussed in public or examined by Congress. The United States' current strategy can be summarized as follows: We are trying to kill ourselves for peace. And the number of battlefields on which we do this is growing steadily. "

- The Nation

Since the unveiling of the CIA - Black Site in Somalia and the notification of official lists to be killed illegal fighters Scahill is considered an expert on Extrajudicial executions considered.

The book Dirty Wars , published in April 2013, was filmed under the same title and shown in Germany by ARD .

The Intercept , for which Scahill is a manager, has existed since 2014 . In January, the website launched the Intercepted podcast , which Scahill regularly moderates.

“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. "

“ The basic function of The Intercept is to insist on freedom of the press and to defend it against those who violate it. We are destined to move forward in what we consider 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 in any healthy democratic society . We believe that the fundamental task of journalism is to create transparency and show the accountability of those who hold the greatest political and corporate power. Our journalists are not only allowed, but even recommended, to follow stories regardless of who may be turned against them. "

- Glenn Greenwald , Laura Poitras & Jeremy Scahill

Awards

literature

  • Jeremy Scahill: Blackwater: The Rise of the Most Powerful Private Army in the World , Druck-Reif Collective, September 1, 2009, ISBN 978-3-499-62486-5 .
  • Jeremy Scahill: Dirty Wars. America's Secret Command Actions , Antje Kunstmann Verlag, October 9, 2013, ISBN 978-3-88897-868-5 .
  • Jeremy Scahill, The Staff of The Intercept: The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government's Secret Drone Warfare Program , May 3, 2016, ISBN 978-1-78125-772-2 .

Web links

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ commentarymagazine.com
  2. ↑ The CIA called within a minute . In: Der Tagesspiegel , website; Retrieved December 3, 2013.
  3. ↑ Jeremy Scahill Testifies Before Congress on America's Secret Wars. In: The Nation , website; Retrieved December 3, 2013.
  4. ↑ Welcome to The Intercept , firstlook.org, February 10, 2014 . Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  5. ^ Previous Winners , Long Island University website. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
  6. ^ Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill Wins Izzy Award for Independent Media , ithaca.edu. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
  7. ↑ Yale awards $ 1.35 million to nine writers , news.yale.edu. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Scahill, Jeremy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author and investigative journalist
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1974