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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
Hear No Evil, See No Evil
/38 Comments/in Torture/by emptywheelIn case you haven’t figured out, I’ve been swamped this week (I drove to CO to help my mom pack up her house so I’ve been packing boxes for the last several days). Thanks to bmaz for minding the liquor cabinet (and more importantly, for keeping on top of the news). In the meantime, there […]
Brit High Court Slaps Down US And British Torture Coverup
/24 Comments/in Law, Torture/by emptywheelIn a stunning and refreshing decision, the British High Court has overruled the British government’s attempt to suppress torture evidence on the US and British treatment of Binyam Mohamed. From The Guardian: David Miliband, the foreign secretary, acted in a way that was harmful to the rule of law by suppressing evidence about what the […]
DOJ Set To Shuck And Jive Judge White In EFF FOIA Case
/68 Comments/in FISA, Intelligence, Law, Obama Administration/by emptywheelJust two days ago we were discussing the status of EFF v. ODNI, the FOIA case in NDCA where disclosure is being sought of documents evidencing the telecom lobbying on immunity for corporate participation in Bush’s surveillance program. As you will recall, Judge White had denied the various stay attempts put forth by the government […]
Stare Indecisis: Obama’s Inaction On Judicial Nominations
/29 Comments/in Law, Obama Administration/by emptywheelMichael Fletcher has an article in Friday’s Washington Post entitled “Obama Criticized as Too Cautious, Slow on Judicial Posts“. President Obama has not made significant progress in his plan to infuse federal courts with a new cadre of judges, and liberal activists are beginning to blame his administration for moving too tentatively on what they […]
More NDCA Goodness: Judge Walker Denies Prop 8 Proponents’ Motion
/27 Comments/in Culture, emptywheel, Ideas and Ideology, Law/by emptywheelAs most of you know, Proposition 8 in California is the anti gay marriage provision. Supporters of the basic right to gay marriage sued the State of California after passage of Proposition 8 as a ballot initiative in last falls elections. Today were oral arguments on a motion for summary judgment filed by a group […]
Wexler Set To Extinguish Congressional Fire
/29 Comments/in emptywheel/by emptywheelRobert Wexler, the “Fire Breathing Liberal” may be on the cusp of resigning his seat in Congress. From Post On Politics: U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Boca Raton, will resign from Congress to take a “public policy position,” several Democratic sources said today. “He called. He is going to resign….He told me that he is moving […]