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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
Win the Super Bowl? Win a Long Trip to Ireland!!!
/17 Comments/in Obama Administration/by emptywheelA nice touch, announcing this on St. Paddy’ Day:
President Barack Obama today announced his intent to nominate Steelers owner Dan Rooney as ambassador to Ireland.
In a statement from the White House, Mr. Obama said, “I am honored and grateful that such a dedicated and accomplished individual has agreed to serve as the representative of the United States to the Irish people.
Obama to Geithner: Get That Bonus Money Back
/96 Comments/in Economics/by emptywheelIt sounds like Obama has told Tim Geithner to go back to Edward Liddy and explain that $100 million bonuses are unacceptable.
I’m glad that Obama did this (after seeing the outrage in Congress no doubt). I’m still astounded that Geithner needed to be told. And I’m still suspicious that Geithner was responding to threats from AIG that no one is much talking about.
The Abu Zubaydah Experiment
/40 Comments/in Torture, Torture Tape, Unitary Executive/by emptywheelThe New Yorker has a piece with long excerpts from the leaked Red Cross report on American torture of high value detainees. The article sure makes it sound like the torture tapes were an attempt to document which torture methods worked and which did not. Which I guess explains why they had to be destroyed.
Obama Becomes Bush As We Wait For Walker’s Ruling
/85 Comments/in emptywheel, FISA, Intelligence, Law/by emptywheelAs you may recall, since February 27, we have been waiting for a decision, of some sort, from Vaughn Walker in the al-Haramain and Consolidated litigation in NDCA. The decision is not in yet; however, there is a new filing in the consolidated cases further ingraining the oneness of Obama with Bush in the litigation.