Glen Greenwald is defending lying to the FBI on twitter

[MariaCSR]

And thankfully getting dragged for it.

Link to tweet

[Johonny]

1. Lock him up

[spanone]

2. is he that fucking stupid, or just playing the part?

[YoungDemCA]

14. Based on what I know about Glenn, the latter.

He's a polemicist troll, and a rather vindictive one, at that.

[Mediumsizedhand]

3. People who stood up for this man have got to be embarrassed they got scammed.

[Baconator]

17. I'm irritated that I bought his book...

[uponit7771]

4. Yeeaaaaaaah, Russian troll ... no doubt

[YoungDemCA]

13. Useful Idiot, is it more like it.

[Me.]

5. Worried About Something?

[gratuitous]

6. Is he hoping to be excused by ignorance of the law?

Not a good defense strategy, particularly for someone who styles himself as brilliant as Greenwald does.

[Fred Sanders]

7. Glen, you surprisingly ignorant wanker.Let me explain it to you simply.

Lying to the FBI is a federal crime. In America. Sovereign nation.

Speaking to the FBI is a choice, protected by the constitution and the courts.
But when you choose to lie, mislead or obstruct...



Really Glenn, did you forget the sarcasm emoji?

[frazzled]

9. Explains why he had to stop practicing law

among other things.

[Madam45for2923]

8. WTH & WTF happened to GG? Why did this person choose to devolve?

[11cents]

16. He didn't. He's always been this way.

He's never been on the left, FWIW. If he has a coherent ideology it's libertarian with a soupçon of antisemitism. During the Bush years he was canonized because he was right or useful for the moment, while the totality of his record, and and the bad judgment and bad faith that were obvious from his behavior, were ignored.

[NCTraveler]

10. GG is simply keeping GG in the news. Nt

[C_U_L8R]

11. Geez Glenn, if you don't even know that lying is wrong

you really don't belong here.

[YoungDemCA]

12. Why do I suspect that Glenn is a contrarian asshole who thinks highly of himself and his "courage?"

[Blue_Adept]

15. Morons gotta moron.