Glenn Greenwald's New Site Goes Live With NSA Allegations

Glenn Greenwald's new site devoted to the security leaks of Edward Snowden and broader "adversarial journalism" has launched as The Intercept.

The site is led by Greenwald and two other noted investigative journalists - Laura Poitras and Jeremy Scahill. Scahill takes the lead bylines with Greenwald on the site's first major story - an investigation of the NSA's role in locating targets for U.S. drone strikes.

In an initial post entitled "Welcome to The Intercept," Greenwald, Poitras and Scahill lay out the editorial vision for the site. In the short term, The Intercept will "provide a platform and an editorial structure in which to aggressively report on the disclosures provided to us by our source, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden," they wrote in a blog post on the site. Read more...