The Intercept failed to shield its confidential source. Now it's making amends.
By Margaret Sullivan Media Columnist July 11 at 12:08 PM
The Intercept, a national security news site, wouldn’t exist without the most famous leaker of the 21st century, Edward Snowden. The organization was established in 2014 to publish material from the former National Security Agency contractor, as well as to reveal other government secrets and push for press rights.
It should have been the last place a news source would have to worry about protection and confidentiality. And indeed, the organization, funded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, includes some world-class security experts.
But early last month, the site — founded by the crusading journalists Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill and Laura Poitras — came under fire for inadvertently failing in that core mission. Now, having taken a deep look at what happened, the Intercept has adopted some reforms, and its parent company is helping a young whistleblower who has been charged under the Espionage Act.
“It’s been an incredibly wrenching period here, and it was necessary to take the time to do a thorough review of what happened,” Intercept Editor in Chief Betsy Reed told me.
To recap: The Trump administration charged 25-year-old Reality Leigh Winner, a former Air Force linguist, with leaking classified information — just hours after the Intercept published a story based on a National Security Agency document describing efforts by Russian military intelligence to hack into America’s voting system.
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