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by tossacct444 3440 days ago
Their last line is fully ironic considering the Obama admin's war on whistleblowers.

"Becoming a whistleblower is not an easy decision, but sometimes it is the right thing to do."

https://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/14/obamas_war_on_whistle...

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/09/mouths-wide-shut-obam...

Did the "nonprofit, nonpartisan" Intercept publish similar instructions over the last 8 years? For a "journalistic piece" it's odd there is no author of the article. They don't have any contact links beside an onion address and a PO Box.

Who funds the Intercept anyway?

I think Greenwald, a self described liberal, has been fair in calling out other liberals in their hypocrisy, especially the Obama admin.

http://www.alternet.org/glenn-greenwald-remember-when-obama-...

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The Intercept launched in 2014, partly as a way to publish material from the Snowden leaks.

So the answer to your question is "No, but...".

Pierre Omidyar funded The Intercept. He got wealthy as the founder of eBay.

'War'? Is tracking 5 of 6 internet leaks a 'war'? I imagine its more of a heatmap of the frequency of leaking in this new internet age.