Glenn Greenwald Vows To Return To U.S. After 'Exile'

[uhnope]

Source: TPM

Glenn Greenwald said in an interview published late last week that he intends to return to the United States at some point, admitting that he does "feel a bit on exile."

The Brazil-based American journalist who has reported extensively on top secret surveillance programs revealed through documents leaked by Edward Snowden said he refuses to be kept out of his native country simply for doing his job.

"I do feel a bit on exile but I don’t mean to stay away from the US," Greenwald told the website Telerama. "I wanna force the issue at some point. I refuse to be kept out of my own country for doing journalism."

Greenwald originally moved to Brazil as a result of a U.S. law that denied immigration benefits to his gay partner, but that law has since been struck down.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/greenwald-on-u-s-return-i-refuse-to-be-kept-out-of-my-own-country-for-doing-journalism

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What an insult to people who have really been exiled, who suffer persecution, who can't return to their home countries out of fear for their lives. He says "I refuse to be kept out of my own country for doing journalism" when no one is keeping him out of the country for doing journalism, and before he claimed to live outside of the US due to the lack of gay marriage laws. So, what?

[SoapBox]

1. Wow...what an asshole.

"Exile"? Of all the nerve.

What's the matter Mr. "Journalist"? Break up with the BF and don't want to be a Brazilian any more?

You're not welcome back.

[last1standing]

25. Greenwald's not the asshole I see here.

An asshole would make sure to stalk every thread about a journalist for the purpose of making immature and hateful comments like a spoiled child having an extended tantrum.

It's a good thing you don't do that, huh?

[Comrade Grumpy]

33. + 1

[George II]

2. He's not being "kept out of [his] own country for doing journalism,

His original stated reason for not living in the US is because of his same sex marriage, but he and his husband can return to the US tomorrow if he really wanted to and there would be no prosecution of them due to their same sex marriage.

More than 15 states have legalized same sex marriage and the DOMA has been struck down by the United States Supreme Court.

Now his REAL reason for not returning to the United States has changed?

[Tarheel_Dem]

3. Oh yeah, let's hope GG doesn't hurt himself climbing down from his cross.

I'm still waiting for his expose on what's happening in Russia these days, but I guess I'll be waiting for a long LONG time. Big fat lying hypocrite. Why's he coming back here? Brazil sick of him?

[leftynyc]

6. Has the martyr bothered to

comment on this?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/09/us-russia-media-idUSBRE9B80I120131209

snip
(Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin tightened his control over Russia's media on Monday by dissolving the main state news agency and replacing it with an organization that is to promote Moscow's image abroad.

The move to abolish RIA Novosti and create a news agency to be known as Rossiya Segodnya is the second in two weeks strengthening Putin's hold on the media as he tries to reassert his authority after protests against his rule.

[Tarheel_Dem]

8. I've been wondering as well. He's uncharacteristically "timid" when it comes to Mother Russia.

[randome]

4. "Follow the money", we're always told.

Greenwald's tax problems are likely the real reason for his 'exile'.
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[msanthrope]

12. FATCA is going to be the reason he gives up his US citizenship..I predicted it here

last week.

[davidpdx]

31. He probably does have enough money he'd be affected by that

The problem with that law is it pretty much traps all expats. Property is suppose to be included as well, though I believe your home residence is exempt. If I were to buy a second apartment here in Korea (it is common to own two apartments and rent one out as an investment if you can afford to do so) that might raise me to the level where I'd have to report it. Even a small apartment can run around $150,000. Currently Democrats Abroad is working with NY Senator Kristen Gillibrand to make changes so most expats are exempt,

[msanthrope]

37. He has enough in tax liens to make FATCA very uncomfortable. nt

[leftynyc]

5. What an asshole

Nobody is keeping him in exile except himself and yet he whines about what a martyr he is. So sick of his tired shit.

[Kelvin Mace]

9. I am old enough to remember when Greenwald was a hero here

for his investigative work into BushCo.

However, once he started reporting that Obama was continuing the same programs, suddenly he became an "asshole".

[reddread]

10. would be interesting to backtrace his fans postings

and by "fans" I mean rabid detractors.

[iamthebandfanman]

14. not an uncommon practice..

just ask ralph nader...

people change... that goes for the person in question and his/her supporters...

I was a fan of glens until that article that used a random photo of computer parts (a desktop PC mind you) and proclaimed it was a an specific smashed up laptop :p

made me question a lot of things , personally..
if youll make up a lie to support a picture that furthers your assertion.. then what else ya lying about..

[MrScorpio]

11. I didn't know that Greenwald was exiled

When did this happen?

[alcibiades_mystery]

22. Obama put him on double secret probation

It's one of the very many Great Disappointments (tm) of the Obama dictatorship-cough-meant presidency.



It's fun to imitate kooks.

[Cha]

27. Yeah, kooks have all the

fun.

[TriplD]

13. I don't balme him for fearing to return

In fact I think at this point it's naive to assume he could enter the USA without being threatened, harassed, or intimidated by our government.

I'd live in self-imposed exile too if I knew my laptop would be seized and I'd possible be detained upon return.

[msanthrope]

15. He owes 100k in back taxes....that's the reason he feels the heat. nt

[TriplD]

18. I've not heard that

Got a link?

[msanthrope]

19. Why yes....

http://gawker.com/glenn-greenwald-takes-his-turn-in-the-spotlight-593163038

[TriplD]

24. Your artcle says nothing about him avioding taxes

In fact your New York Daily News source says he intended to pay. Your claim is based on unfounded speculation.

That's for wasting my time. I came to DU because people cared about the truth. Some have let their hatred override their common sense.

It is also speculation that all the laptop seizures and detaining his partner might have intimidated him and other journalists from returning, but it actually has factual backing since loaptops have been seized and his partner detained.

And let's not forget that he's not the only journalist in self-imposed exile - Laura Poitras works from Europe since she can't seem to get into America without getting her laptops seized.

[msanthrope]

26. Intentions to pay one's back taxes are not payment of said taxes. Greenwald

himself confirmed the liens and judgments, per the Gawker article. One understands the retirement to Brazil.

[randome]

28. The article was written in June. I wonder if that payment plan has been initiated.

My guess is no. But it's just a guess.
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[George II]

30. He has lived in Brazil for several years....

....the laptop seizures and detaining his partner took place after he moved to Brazil.

By the way, I think "self-imposed exile" is an oxymoron.

[dawn frenzy adams]

29. He was in the porn business?

He said there was no harm? It is especially brutal to women. There is a bevy of sexually transmitted diseases that include gonorrhea of the throat, chlamydia of the eye, and rectal prolapse.

[LeftyMom]

36. Women, huh? Okay, you need to hush because grown ups are talking.

A gay man invests in another man's website whose name stands for Hairy Jocks and somehow that's oppressing women?

Women have real problems in this world, and gay dudes making gay porn aren't one of them.

[onehandle]

16. Self-important prick. nt

[struggle4progress]

17. Maybe libertarians don't always think clearly.

[madrchsod]

20. he said the same thing about two months ago.

i guess he noticed no one is talking about him lately.

[alcibiades_mystery]

21. ROFL: The Farce Continues

[davidpdx]

32. +1

[dawn frenzy adams]

23. Oh no! Please don't.

Don't come back Glen! Stay in Brazil with it's horrific color caste system and economic inequality. I get the impression you love it.

[Comrade Grumpy]

34. Wow, this thread is revealing. Such hatred for journalism.

[Comrade Grumpy]

35. All out for the 2-minute hate! Pretty impressive roster of the usual suspects so far.