Marcy Wheeler
Marcy Wheeler is an independent journalist who covers national security and civil liberties. She writes as emptywheel at her eponymous blog, publishes at outlets including The Guardian, Salon, and The Progressive, and is the author of Anatomy of Deceit, a primer on the Scooter Libby CIA leak investigation.
Latest articles by Marcy Wheeler
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This is why you can't trust the NSA. Ever.
feature New documents show the agency missing a massive number of violations. And that's before it set up a new program with virtually no oversight.
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Why Obama's response to the Heartbleed bug is so troubling
feature The administration has denied exploiting the flaw for spying purposes. But that's not the end of the story.
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Why you should take Rand Paul's latest stand on drones seriously
feature The Tea Party darling has a history of holding up nominations to protest drone warfare. This time, he has a point.
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The Obama drone memo is a brazen executive power grab
feature While there is much we still don't know about the legal rationale to target Anwar al-Awlaki, it's clear the administration blew off basic judicial oversights
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