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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
Stan Woodward Contemplating His Former Client Might “Become Unavailable” for Testimony
/90 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, Leak Investigations/by emptywheelJudge Aileen Cannon got pissy in her first attempt to hold a Garcia hearing for Walt Nauta, because prosecutor David Harbach brought up a potential problem with Stan Woodward’s representation of Nauta they hadn’t in briefing. Afterwards, though, she finally asked what she should have included.