Something big is brewing in NSA Revelation Land—a scoop from columnist and reporter Glenn Greenwald that was supposed to be published at midnight last night. But now Glenn Greenwald and fellow Intercept reporter Murtaza Hussein have delayed their story, pending new government information, and the internet is freaking out.
Greenwald, whose work with NSA leaker Edward Snowden exposed the extent of the NSA's data collection on Americans and foreigners, hinted late yesterday that another huge revelation was coming that evening...
That hint sent the webs atwitter, especially since the NSA-centric Intercept—a fledgling media startup that's published in fits and starts—hasn't put out a new story since June 18...
But then, something strange happened: Greenwald put the brakes on the story, ostensibly because some new reporting was necessary:
Read the full story here.
UPDATE
With reference to today's WaPo story, In NSA-intercepted data, those not targeted far outnumber the foreigners who are, Greenwald tweets:
.@mtopper66 That excellent WashPost article relates a little to our forthcoming article, but mostly it's a wholly different issue.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 6, 2014
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