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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
Sarah Palin Has Failed in Her Primary Role as Commander-in-Chief of the Alaska National Guard
/in 2008 Presidential Election/by emptywheelAccording to the guy that Sarah Palin just promoted as his opinion about her flip-flopped, Sarah Palin’s primary role in serving as Commander-in-Chief of the Alaska National Guard is in ensuring the state meets its recruiting goal.
Only the state has the worst recruiting record in the country.