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
Aileen Cannon Working Hard to Protect Stan Woodward; Doing Nothing to Protect Walt Nauta or Carlos De Oliveira
/228 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Leak Investigations/by emptywheelAileen Cannon has helped Stan Woodward stall any resolution of the potential conflict in his representation of Walt Nauta for an additional nine days based off his claim not to have notice of the sealed documents that Cannon herself had stricken from the docket 18 days before. Between them, they have ensured that Nauta will wait a month to get notice of the potential problems with Woodward’s conflicted representation, if Cannon grants one at all.
The Guts of the Alleged Conspiracy: Scott Hall
/139 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, emptywheel, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelWhile we’re all awaiting the next mugshot of a high profile charged co-conspirator, the key to understanding how all the strands of Trump’s attempt to steal the election fit together may lie with lower profile Georgia bail bondsman, Scott Hall, who was released yesterday on bail himself. The David Bossie brother-in-law had ties not just to Jeffrey Clark and the Coffee County caper, but also apparently to the effort to pressure Ruby Freeman.