Marcy Wheeler

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Marcy Wheeler (2007)

Marcy Wheeler is an American journalist who over civil rights and external security (English: national security ) in the 21st century writes. Since 2011 she blogs under the pseudonym Emptywheel (German: empty wheel ) and publishes texts in liberal and / or progressive media, such as the British Guardian , on FireDogLake or Salon.com . In May 2009, she was honored for her work with the award of the Sidney Hillman Foundation Award. Her reporting on the Plame affair and the court case against the government official Lewis Libby and the context to it she prepared as a book (" Anatomy of Deceit "), this became a reference work on the events. Since 2014, Wheeler has also been a political analyst for The Intercept .

literature

  • Marcy Wheeler: Anatomy of Deceit: How the Bush Administration Used the Media to Sell the Iraq War and Out a Spy ( English ) , Perseus Oto, January 28, 2007. ISBN 978-0979176104 .

"Marcy Wheeler is one of the very best of the researchers investigating the leak of Valerie Plame Wilson's identity as a covert CIA officer. Her work has been consistently on the mark and her conclusions almost always confirmed as facts dribble out. Hers will be the definitive study of what happened and why. "

“Marcy Wheeler is one of the best at researching the publication of Valerie Plame Wilson's identity as a CIA officer. Your work is the constant measure and your conclusions have practically always been confirmed as facts. This work will be decisive in terms of what and why . "

- Diplomat Joseph C. Wilson

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ For Bloggers, Libby Trial Is Fun and Fodder , The New York Times website. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
  2. CIA Leak Investigation Book by Marcy Wheeler , firedoglake.com. Retrieved May 4, 2014.