By the way, will The Intercept ever release the Snowden files?

The company that runs @TheIntercept, which is owned by US government-linked Silicon Valley billionaire Omidyar, shut down the Snowden archives in 2019, after only publishing a tiny percentage. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/03/edward-snowden-nsa-surveillance-guardian-court-rules">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...

The sad reality is the massive trove of documents leaked by Edward Snowden was shut down and effectively privatized by Silicon Valley billionaire Pierre Omidyar, who works closely with US regime-change orgs.

The vast majority won& #39;t see the light of day https://medium.com/@barrettbrown/why-the-intercept-really-closed-the-snowden-archive-e99f46bbfbbc">https://medium.com/@barrettb...

The CEO of First Look Media, which runs The Intercept (he was previously CEO of The Guardian), claimed they shut down the Snowden archives because of budget problems.

Co-founder Laura Poitras dissented, pointing out the research department *only made up 1.5% of the total budget*

Billionaire Pierre Omidyar (one of the richest people on Earth) offered The Intercept& #39;s parent $250 million in funding, raising many questions about why it "needed" to close the Snowden archives and cut the research department making up 1.5% of its budget https://thegrayzone.com/2019/02/18/ebay-oligarch-pierre-omidyar-funding-media/">https://thegrayzone.com/2019/02/1...