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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.
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Dan’s Rather Exciting Brief
/22 Comments/in emptywheel/by emptywheelAs you may recall, Dan Rather is in litigation against CBS, Viacom and executives Les Moonves and Andrew Heyward over his treatment after the Bush Texas Air National Guard story on 60 Minutes II. A critical point was reached Monday afternoon with the filing of Rather’s appellate brief (pdf file) by his attorneys.
Gibbs Won’t Say There Aren’t More Tax Problems
/15 Comments/in Obama Administration/by emptywheelFrom today’s press briefing (via email):
Q That doesn’t say who decided that this was the best move. And if I could just follow up quickly. Are there other nominees out there with tax problems that we don’t know about?
MR. GIBBS: The President is quite confident in the people that serve in this White House and serve in this administration; that we’ve put a standard of