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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
John Durham Flew to Italy to Get Joseph Mifsud’s Blackberries But Never Walked Across DOJ to Obtain James Baker’s Phones He Forgot He Knew Were There
/137 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Mueller Probe/by emptywheelTwo years ago, John Durham claimed he knew better than Michael Horowitz about the predication of the Russian investigation because he had done things like obtain Joseph Mifsud’s outdated phones. Three days ago, Durham admitted he had never bothered to look for the phones of his single witness against Michael Sussmann.
John Durham Had No Idea Michael Sussmann Provided Another Anonymous Tip on Behalf of Rodney Joffe
/42 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, Mueller Probe/by emptywheelAmong the things John Durham didn’t know for accusing Michael Sussmann of criminal intent when sharing an anonymous tip from Rdoney Joffe about weird forensic data is that in the period under investigation, Michael Sussmann shared another anonymous tip from Joffe about weird forensic data.
Why It Would Be Counterproductive To Appoint a Special Counsel to Investigate January 6
/74 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelIf you believe that Trump’s actions played a central role in the insurrection — if you believe that the violent mob mobilized on January 6 was an important part of plans hatched at the Willard Hotel — then creating a separate investigation to investigate Trump does nothing but remove him from his liability in crimes already charged as sedition.