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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
The Timing of the Jack Hanick Prosecution
/9 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, Foreign Influence/by emptywheelJack Hanick — the former Fox News director arrested for his post-sanction ties to Konstantin Malofeyev — wasn’t arrested yesterday, in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Nor was he charged in February, when he was arrested in London. On the contrary, he was indicted last November, almost five years to the day after the 2016 election.
John Durham and Newly-Sanctioned Alfa Bank’s Filings: “Almost like they were written by the same people”
/71 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Mueller Probe/by emptywheelIn a DC hearing on February 9 regarding Alfa Bank’s attempt to obtain documents from Michael Sussmann before his trial, DC Superior Judge Shana Frost Matini observed that the Alfa Bank allegations and the John Durham indictment seemed like they could be written by the same people. [R]ight now, given the — if the closeness […]
Questions for Bill Barr about His Cover-Ups Pertaining to Ukraine and Russia, Starting with: Who Withdrew the Red Notice for Yevgeniy Prigozhin?
/79 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, Impeachment, Mueller Probe, Russo-Ukrainian War/by emptywheelAmong the many questions that Bill Barr should be asked as he attempts to launder his reputation against the backdrop of the Russian invasion are what happened to the arrest warrant issued against the owner of Putin’s contract killers, Yevgeniy Prigozhin, for his role in Russia’s 2016 operation against US democracy?