Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald

Birthday: 1967-03-06

Place of Birth: New York, New York, USA

Biography: Glenn Edward Greenwald (born March 6, 1967) is an American journalist, author and lawyer. In 2014, he cofounded The Intercept, of which he was an editor until he resigned in October 2020. Greenwald subsequently started self-publishing on Substack. In 1996, Greenwald founded a law firm concentrating on First Amendment litigation. He began blogging on national security issues in October 2005, when he was becoming increasingly concerned with what he viewed as attacks on civil liberties by the George W. Bush Administration in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. He became a vocal critic of the Iraq War and has maintained a critical position of American foreign policy.

Movies

PRISM: Whistleblower
PRISM: Whistleblower

The 29-year-old source behind the biggest intelligence leak in the NSA's history explains his motive...

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The Coup d'État Factory
The Coup d'État Factory

Brazil has a long tradition of coup d'états. These coups would have not been viable without the supp...

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The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros
The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros

This documentary tells of the extraordinary rise of Jair Bolsonaro, from relative obscurity to the u...

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Citizenfour
Citizenfour

In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many mee...

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War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State

War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State highlights four cases where whistl...

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Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web
Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web

The larger-than-life story of Kim Dotcom, the 'most wanted man online', is extraordinary enough, but...

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All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

Vancouver-based filmmaker and TV news veteran Fred Peabody explores the life and legacy of the maver...

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Life in Gray
Life in Gray

A faux documentary about the ongoing social, political and economical crisis in Brazil, where the go...

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Meeting Snowden
Meeting Snowden

Moscow, Russia, December 2016. Edward Snowden, Larry Lessig and Birgitta Jónsdóttir meet for the fir...

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