Glenn Greenwald

Greenwald Schools MSNBC Host: ‘I Defend Snowden Like People On MSNBC Defend Obama’
By Noel Sheppard | December 26, 2013 | 4:24 PM EST

Something absolutely marvelous happened on MSNBC Thursday that could have only been a better Christmas gift to those fighting liberal media bias if the host at the time had been a more prominent person on that so-called “news network.”

When MSNBC Live substitute host Kristen Welker scolded the Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald for appearing to always be defending NSA leaker Edward Snowden, Greenwald marvelously shot back, “I do defend him just like people on MSNBC defend President Obama and his officials and Democratic Party leaders 24 hours a day” (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Glenn Greenwald: NY Times Has 'Helped to Kill Journalism as a Potent Force for Checking Power'
By Noel Sheppard | October 28, 2013 | 6:32 PM EDT

"[T]he kind of traditional New York Times model...I think has neutered and, in a lot of ways, helped to kill journalism as a potent force for checking power."

So said Glenn Greenwald during an interview with Democracy Now's Amy Goodman Monday (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Top Papers Breathless Over New Venture by Leftist 'Treason Chic' Journalist Glenn Greenwald
By Tim Graham | October 16, 2013 | 11:07 PM EDT

Both The Washington Post and The New York Times thought it was big news on Thursday that leftist writer Glenn Greenwald is leaving the leftist British rag The Guardian and starting a new journalism venture with eBay moneybags Pierre Omidyar. Greenwald even claimed (sans laugh track) that the new site would not be driven by a particular political ideology, but added that “setting out to pursue adversarial, accountability journalism is a kind of ideology.”  

In this month's Commentary magazine, James Kirchick spotlights Greenwald and Jeremy Scahill as exemplars of "treason chic." The best part is a display of how Greenwald bristled with outrage over the disclosure of CIA agent Valerie Plame in the Bush years, and then was outraged in favor of  the outing of CIA contractor Raymond Davis in 2011:

Glenn Greenwald: ‘Journalism Is Not a Crime and It Is Not Terrorism’
By Noel Sheppard | August 20, 2013 | 11:14 PM EDT

The Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald made a comment on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 Tuesday that out of context might make conservatives who believe the media is corrupt chuckle.

“Journalism is not a crime and it is not terrorism” (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Former CIA Director Woolsey: Snowden Has Done ‘Substantial’ Damage to National Security
By Noel Sheppard | June 24, 2013 | 10:37 AM EDT

One of the claims by many of Edward Snowden’s supporters is that what he revealed from the National Security Agency had little to no impact to national security.

According to former Central Intelligence Agency director James Woolsey, nothing could be further from the truth.

Appearing on MSNBC’s Morning Joe Monday, Woolsey said Snowden has done “substantial” damage to national security.

John Cusack Slams David Gregory: 'Lowest Point for Meet the Press In Its History'
By Noel Sheppard | June 23, 2013 | 10:40 PM EDT

Actor and liberal activist John Cusack was tremendously displeased with NBC's David Gregory Sunday for asking the Guardian's Glenn Greenwald on Meet the Press if he should be charged with a crime for aiding and abetting National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.

Cusack took to Twitter shortly after it aired going on a several hour rant that included, "In my memory the lowest point for meet the press in its history":

Greenwald: 'Who Needs Government to Try to Criminalize Journalism When You Have David Gregory to Do It?'
By Noel Sheppard | June 23, 2013 | 12:39 PM EDT

NBC's David Gregory is taking a lot of heat for asking the Guardian's Glenn Greenwald on Sunday's Meet the Press if he should be charged with a crime for aiding and abetting National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.

Greenwald and a host of folks struck back at Gregory on Twitter (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Greenwald Slams Media for Backing Obama's Domestic Surveillance When They Opposed Bush's
By Noel Sheppard | June 16, 2013 | 4:36 PM EDT

As NewsBusters has been reporting, it's been a hoot this week watching the same liberal media members that were apoplectic in 2005 when George W. Bush's domestic surveillance program was revealed contort themselves into almost impossible positions defending Barack Obama's far more intrusive scheme seven and a half years later.

Glenn Greenwald, the liberal author who first broke the news of this program, spoke to Howard Kurtz on CNN's Reliable Sources about this blatant hypocrisy (video follows with CNN.com transcript and commentary):

Guardian's Glenn Greenwald Schools NBC's Guthrie on NSA Snooping
By Kyle Drennen | June 10, 2013 | 2:48 PM EDT

Updated with video

Appearing on Monday's NBC Today, Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald corrected co-host Savannah Guthrie on her framing of the NSA phone and email surveillance controversy after she inaccurately cited government leaker Edward Snowden: "Snowden makes what I consider to be a rather remarkable claim stating, quote, 'I, sitting at my desk certainly had the authorities to wiretap you'....He didn't say that he had the ability to do it....He said he had the legal authority to do it." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]

Greenwald responded: "That isn't what he said. He didn't say he had the legal authority. That's a word you included in the statement that he didn't actually include....he said authority, not 'legal authority,' which is what you just quoted him as saying. And what I'm telling you is that is a misquotation..."

Intelligence Leaks: Greenwald Accuses Mika Brzezinski Of Using 'Completely False' WH Talking Points
By Mark Finkelstein | June 10, 2013 | 8:57 AM EDT

Things got feisty on Morning Joe today, as Glenn Greenwald of the Guardian clashed with Mika Brzezinski over the leak of the NSA phone surveillance program by Greenwald's informant, Edward Snowden. H/t NB reader Jeff M.

When Brzezinski alleged that wiretapping or the review by the NSA of emails required an additional judicial review and warrant, Greenwald accused Mika of using "White House talking points" that were "completely misleading and false."  Mika denied it. Greenwald upped the animosity by telling Mika she would have known better if she had paid even "remote attention" to the issues over the last ten years. View the video after the jump.

Congressman Rogers on NSA Phone Surveillance: ‘Greenwald Doesn’t Have a Clue How This Thing Works’
By Noel Sheppard | June 9, 2013 | 12:05 PM EDT

Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, on Sunday had harsh words for the Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald revealing last week that the National Security Agency is looking at phone records of virtually all Americans.

Appearing on ABC’s This Week, Rogers said, “I know your reporter that you interviewed, Greenwald, says that he’s got it all and now is an expert on the program. He doesn't have a clue how this thing works” (video follows with transcript):

Maher: Benghazi Was a 'Riot' Possibly Sparked by an Anti-Muslim Movie
By Noel Sheppard | May 11, 2013 | 11:20 AM EDT

Despite all the information that has come out about the September 11, 2012, attack on our consulate in Benghazi, Libya, Bill Maher still agrees with United Nations ambassador Susan Rice.

As hard as it might be to believe, the host of HBO's Real Time on Friday called the tragic event that left four Americans dead a "riot" possibly sparked by an anti-Muslim movie (video follows with transcript and commentary):