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October 16, 2013

Greenwald Leaves Guardian to Embrace "Dream Journalistic Opportunity" 
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Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who has broken numerous stories about
National Security Agency spying using documents from "Edward
Snowden"http://www.democracynow.org/topics/edward_snowden, has announced
he is leaving the Guardian newspaper. In a statement posted on his blog,
Greenwald wrote that he had been "presented with a once-in-a-career
dream journalistic opportunity that no journalist could possibly
decline." Reuters reports Greenwald is joining a new media venture
funded by e Bay founder and multi-billionaire Pierre Omidyar.

 

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