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About emptywheel
Marcy Wheeler is an independent journalist writing about national security and civil liberties. She writes as emptywheel at her eponymous blog, publishes at outlets including Vice, Motherboard, the Nation, the Atlantic, Al Jazeera, and appears frequently on television and radio. She is the author of Anatomy of Deceit, a primer on the CIA leak investigation, and liveblogged the Scooter Libby trial.
Marcy has a PhD from the University of Michigan, where she researched the “feuilleton,” a short conversational newspaper form that has proven important in times of heightened censorship. Before and after her time in academics, Marcy provided documentation consulting for corporations in the auto, tech, and energy industries. She lives with her spouse in Grand Rapids, MI.
Entries by emptywheel
The Torture Memos
/170 Comments/in Torture/by emptywheelACLU has them posted:
August 1, 2002 John Yoo memo
First May 10, 2005 Steven Bradbury memo
Second May 10, 2005 Steven Bradbury memo
May 30, 2005 Steven Bradbury memo
And while you’re over at ACLU, consider showing them some love for all their great work prying these out of the government.
Consider this a working thread.
Did Holder Know About the “Significant Misconduct” When DOJ Claimed Sovereign Immunity?
/58 Comments/in FISA/by emptywheelOn April 3, DOJ submitted a filing that argued that no citizen had the ability to sue if she had been wrongly wiretapped under Bush’s illegal wiretap program. On August 15, we learn that DOJ’s Inspector General “recently” learned of “significant misconduct” in the wiretap program. Did Holder know of that “significant misconduct” when his DOJ made those expansive claims?