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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
Rove's "Renewed" Privilege Assertion: Is It Absolute Immunity or Executive Privilege?
/in emptywheel/by emptywheelBush gave Rove a letter telling him he could blow off Congress–presumably after Conyers put continuation of last Congress’ suit against the Bush Administration in House rules. Depending on what’s in that letter, it may either lead to months of new litigation or–depending on the Obama Administration–a precedent that absolute immunity doesn’t exist.
Alberto Gonzales Tells the Tale We've Been Waiting For
/in FISA/by emptywheelNeither and or I, and obviously, I can’t really speak for Andy, but I’m confortable saying that neither Andy or I would have gone there to take advantage of someone who was sick. Um, Andy and I both, in fact, talked about the importance of satisfying ourselves as we talked with General Ashcroft that he was in fact competent.
Jay Rockefeller Told Us What Russell Tice Just Confirmed, Years Ago
/in FISA, Unitary Executive/by emptywheelRussell Tice basically confirmed, once again, our suspicions: that the warrantless wiretap program was basically the government operating TIA under a new name. Strangely enough, Jello Jay Rockefeller (of all people) already told us that–and he told Dick Cheney too. Maybe that’s why Jello Jay was acting so squirrely about the program the other night.