There's a lot going on in this story on the absolute clusterfuck known as @theintercept, but the biggest takeaway to me is that as much of a money-sink, train-wreck as it seems on the outside, it's #actually even worse than it looks. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/13/business/media/the-intercept-source-reality-winner.html?referringSource=articleShare

The other main takeaway is that Glenn Greenwald was presented with a whistleblower leaked internal NSA documents on the RUSSIA story that he'd been obsessed with for years....and just completely dismissed it & waved it away b/c it went against his priors. As a journalist does.

I will just note that the Winner docs were actual operational, internal docs, while many of the docs stolen by Snowden & turned into articles for TI were just from PP presentations talking about *potential* capabilities. For some reason, Glenn didn't have the same concerns.

And yet again, Reality Winner's direct reason for leaking was that she was a fan of TI, was listening to their podcast & heard Greenwald's 'skepticism' of Russian interference (& naively believed it was in good faith). Glenn Greenwald is the direct reason she leaked.

And what did she get for her sacrifice of leaking to an outlet she trusted, to convince Glenn that his skepticism was misplaced? A bunch of amateur hour behavior, from an outlet with 'lofty' standards that ultimately got her locked up.

And then, to put the cherry on top, the outlet that is so insistent on 'holding everyone accountable' basically swept it under the rug with absolutely no accountability. B/c it's principles for thee, not for me.

I guess this insane(ly normal) reaction makes a lot more sense, given that Glenn has a super guilty conscience and knew that the NYT story was coming. https://twitter.com/Wilson__Valdez/status/1305012858938429442

And Glenn (the serious journalist) has responded in his usual factual, substantive way...nit-picking at minutia and of course, the tried and true, WHATABOUT WHATABOUT WHATABOUT. Because Glenn Greenwald is a serious, good-faith journalist.

TFW you're focused on the important things.

ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT MY PODCAST, IT'S JUST THE PODCAST FOR THE OUTLET I FOUNDED, WHICH I WAS APPEARING ON, YOU LYING DISGUSTING SHILL. CORRECT YOURSELF IMMEDIATELY

"A key point of the article is I had nothing to do with the story"

No, a key point of the article is that she listened to you speak on the podcast & thought she had proof that would inform your position on Russian 'interference', but instead you're a bad faith actor.