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
All Points Bulletin to David Weiss! Tony Bobulinski Is a Missing Person!!
/35 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Hunter Biden/by emptywheelIn the tax indictment of Hunter Biden, David Weiss has hidden the role that Tony Bobulinski had in events the indictment describes. In so doing, he may be attempting to hide the way Donald Trump’s personal involvement taints the investigation that led to a tax indictment of Joe Biden’s son.