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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.
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About that FBI Special Agent In Charge
/in Law/by emptywheelRemember FBI Special Agent in Charge Dan Dzwilewski? He’s the guy that led the Cunningham investigation on the FBI side. He’s also the guy who shared his candid opinions about Carol Lam’s firing:
“I don’t think it’s the right way to treatanybody. What’s the decision based on?†Dzwilewski said. “I don’t sharethe view of whoever’s making the decision back there in Washington thatthey’d like her to resign.