Author Archive for: emptywheel
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
Some People Have Sex Toys; Trump [Claims He] Has Empty Classified Evening Briefing Folders
/45 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, Leak Investigations/by emptywheelTrump’s lawyers told DOJ that the reason people they paid to search Trump’s properties found an empty classified folder is because he has an empty classified folder fetish. He does have an empty classified folder fetish. But that cannot explain why it remained in his residence in December, after not being found in August.
A Book Author, A Religious Leader, and A Pollster Walk into Trump’s Classified Document Bar
/45 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Leak Investigations/by emptywheelThe answer to the most pressing Trump document theft story from yesterday — why did a former White House aide now working for Trump’s PAC have classified materials on her laptop — may answer the most pressing outstanding question from the Special Master review — who compiled a document with messages from a book author, a religious leader, and a pollster with classified documents?