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14 May, 5 tweets, 3 min read
I'm really sorry @charlie_savage's huge CIA scoop about Russian bounties -- that misled so many people for so long in very dangerous ways -- fell apart. But attacking me won't save it. Read here about who actually debunked it. CIA isn't a great source:

thedailybeast.com/us-intel-walks…
I guess if I were a NYT reporter who did stenography service for CIA to prolong a war and escalate tensions with a nuclear power, only for it to blow up in my face, I'd also want to pretend it's one person's fault. But everyone pointed it out, not just me

bbc.com/news/world-us-…
Charlie keeps denying that the reason his CIA friends leaked this story to him about Russian bounties was because they wanted to prevent Trump withdrawing from Afghanistan. I guess it's a *huge coincidence* that the NYT told the CIA tale *one day* before Trump's withdrawal plans:
That NYT story from CIA did massive damage. It enabled the pro-war coalition of Liz Cheney and pro-war Dems to justify blocking the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. Even Liz Cheney is distancing herself from Charlie's story - lying as she does it:

greenwald.substack.com/p/liz-cheney-l…
In sum, if I were @charlie_savage, I'd be deeply embarrassed, too. I just don't see how this fixation on attacking me is supposed to help:

thedailybeast.com/us-intel-walks…

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15 May
For Republicans who are pro-Israel: you don't need to worry at all about the posture of the US Govt here. Biden for decades has been one of the most pro-Israel politicians in the country & will fully support the Israeli attacks, as Obama did in 2014.

timesofisrael.com/obama-urges-is…
In 2014, Obama did make noise about concerns over the number of civilians being killed in Gaza and was also concerned about a ground invasion, but was still steadfast in his support for Israel. Biden is vastly more pro-Israel with a much longer record.
Here's the person who is in charge (nominally) of the US Government right now. If you're pro-Israel, the absolute last thing you need to worry about is whether the US Govt under him will fully support everything Israel does: with money, tech, weapons, and rhetoric. You're good.
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15 May
At some point, journalists are going to need consistent, universally applicable standards that answer this:

Why is it OK to use a billionaire's money to produce a video attacking reporters @Julio_Rosas11 & @VenturaReport, but it's immoral to criticize NYT & Intercept writers?
My view is very clear: any journalist who enters the public discourse and tries to influence political debates is fair game for criticism.

But you can't have a double standard where liberal journalists are sacred & untouchable and only non-liberal journalists can be attacked.
Put another way: if you produce a 20 minute video that has no point but to attack working-class journalists of color who cover a dangerous and violent group that routinely assault reporters, you don't get to whine and self-victimize when people criticize how you did it.
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15 May
Good @mtracey article asking how and why the new Trump-led Right - which brands itself as both America First and anti-war - not only reflexively sides with Israel but seems to see that country as one of their most important & passionately held priorities:

mtracey.substack.com/p/america-firs…
"Israeli warplanes pounded the Gaza Strip Saturday, killing at least eight children in a refugee camp and flattening a high-rise building housing the offices of international media outlets as Hamas unleashed a new barrage of rockets."

nbcnews.com/news/world/isr…
It will be interesting to see how US journalists -- who spent 4 years equating mean tweets and petty insults as some sort of grave attack on press freedom -- talk about this:

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14 May
If you, your relatives, or your friends are Gab users, remember that @micahflee is spending his days and nights trolling through your/their personal data with the intent -- as @TheIntercept proudly announced when fund-raising -- to expose them if they have the wrong ideology.
Acting like the NSA/FBI, @TheIntercept and Lee have already doxed one person -- not an official with any government agency, just someone with a political group whose ideology they oppose -- and they got it completely wrong when exposing him.

theintercept.com/2021/03/15/gab…
In 2013, I had a long exchange with then-Executive Editor of the NYT Bill Keller about the new media outlet I was building with @jeremyscahill & Laura Poitras. It's hard to put into words how completely the NYC editors who had no role in creating this have violated all of this:
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14 May
Liz Cheney Lied About Her Role in Spreading the Discredited CIA "Russian Bounty" Story

greenwald.substack.com/p/liz-cheney-l…
As part of her ideological war to reclaim the GOP for neocons, the now-deposed House leader falsely denied to @BretBaier yesterday her role in a tale designed to block withdrawal from Afghanistan. She lied repeatedly in this short clip (from @CurtisHouck):
To justify her opposition to Trump's plan to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, Liz Cheney cited the CIA's Russian bounty story without skepticism in a June 27 statement she posted. She then threatened Russia with retaliation based on this discredited story. Watch:
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13 May
The Intercept is now actively targeting two journalists of color. They have two white male reporters here putting a target on their backs for the crime of reporting on Antifa riots. This is genuinely disgusting and dangerous. Press freedom groups should condemn this. Watch:
This is what so much "journalism" is now. They believe that the real menaces are individuals who have politics or ideology different than their liberal orthodoxies. So these reporters are now like criminals to them because they report for right-wing sites, thus this targeting.
This is on top of what The Intercept has @micahflee doing: trolling through private personal data for Gab users to dox them, as @mtaibbi reported. Do you see who their targets are? Private citizens with the wrong ideology. That's FBI work, not journalism.

taibbi.substack.com/p/reporters-on…
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