Tag Archives: Glenn Greenwald

On bullying: Glenn Greenwald and the ‘Obama nun rape’ smear

Posted on January 3, 2012 by jreid

Glenn Greenwald has developed a reputation as one of the most prolific — and self-righteous — voices on the Internet. But this past weekend, he revealed another side that longtime observers of his rise to prominence in liberaldom knew all … Continue reading →

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Should Glenn Greenwald have to own the Ron Paul blue plate special?

Posted on December 29, 2011 by jreid

Salon writer Glenn Greenwald insists he’s not a Cato Instituter (he just writes for them from time to time) — though he clearly appears to be a Libertarian, and a guy with a particular fondness for Ron Paul.

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Read this: Jonathan Chait vs. the terminally unhappy left

Posted on November 22, 2011 by jreid

Jonathan Chait nails the emoprog problem:

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Jonathan Chait deconstructs the left’s magical thinking on Obama

Posted on September 5, 2011 by jreid

A brilliant, must-read essay in today’s New York Times Magazine.

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Adrian Lamo: the TRR interview

Posted on July 14, 2011 by jreid

Back in June, I interviewed Adrian Lamo, the former hacker to whom Bradley Manning confided his poaching of classified data from his Army issue computer. At the time, the Manning-Wikileaks story was waning in the public mind, or maybe just … Continue reading →

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The Manning chat logs: TMI and corroboration of guilt

Posted on July 14, 2011 by jreid

So Wired finally released the full transcript of the chat logs between accused uber-leaker Bradley Manning, and Adrian Lamo, the former hacker who ultimately turned Manning in to authorities.

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The Gospel of Selfishness: Libertarians of the right and left

Posted on April 24, 2011 by jreid

Today is Easter. If you’re a practicing Christian, it’s a day that celebrates the spiritual payoff from the supreme self-sacrifice of a Jewish iconoclast named Jesus of Nazareth, who according to Christian belief, walked out of a makeshift tomb three … Continue reading →

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Re-rise of the Naderites: Glenn Greenwald’s third party dreamin’ **UPDATE: on Libertarianism

Posted on April 22, 2011 by jreid

At a talk given the day after the 2010 election — one that was a disaster for Democrats — “progressive” writer and civil liberties lawyer Glenn Greenwald gave a talk at the University of Wisconsin, and expressed the hope that … Continue reading →

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The war over Bradley Manning

Posted on February 2, 2011 by jreid

The Washington Post today reports that Bradley Manning, the Army private who is accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of cables and other classified material to Wikileaks, had been deemed by doctors to be unfit for deployment to Iraq. He … Continue reading →

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CORRECTED: The Wikiwars: What is Glenn Greenwald after, and must Wired help him find it?

Posted on December 30, 2010 by jreid

CORRECTED: The post has been corrected to fix an error in the original post, which incorrectly substituted Poulsen for Lamo on the question of mental health/Asperger claims. Thanks to vigilant TRR readers for pointing out the error. Foreign Policy’s Blake Hounshell … Continue reading →

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