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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
Bill Barr, “So Far as We Knew”
/33 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Mueller Probe/by emptywheelIn their book, Aaron Zebley et al describe that Bill Barr had no insight onto Mueller’s work before he wrote his memo attacking Mueller’s approach to the obstruction issue, “so far as we knew.” That claim looks somewhat different when you consider Lev Parnas’ recent claim that Victoria Toensing had a role in Barr’s hiring.