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
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly’s Attempted Baby-Splitting Leads to Exploding Diaper
/21 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, emptywheel, EO 12333, FISA, Jim Comey prosecution, Weaponized DOJ/by emptywheelJim Comey and Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly have a history of producing problematic Fourth Amendment precedent. And that seems to be happening again with Kollar-Kotelly’s attempt to craft a neat solution to a problem caused by the government’s unlawful searches of Comey’s communications.
The Government Attempts to Gag Dan Richman from Speaking about His Own Data
/17 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, Jim Comey prosecution, Weaponized DOJ/by emptywheelIn addition to demanding treatment inconsistent with what Todd Blanche and Lindsey Halligan demanded for Donald Trump in similar situations in his stolen document prosecution, DOJ wants an order preventing Dan Richman from using his data for any purpose other than the legal challenge he has launched to get it back.