Ellsberg: Journalists Who Attack Glenn Greenwald Are "Tools"

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91. This whole Glenn Greenwald wank-fest is ignoring the fact that Barton Gellman broke the story

And has been releasing new info in the front page of the Washington Post ever since.

So why did he get scooped by Greenwald?

Because he couldn't guarantee that the Post higher-ups (Don Graham and Fred Hiatt and Bob Woodward) wouldn't quash the story

before it went to press, thereby (supposedly, in Snowden's opinion) putting his life and liberty in danger,

and indeed the Post refused to run with the story until it got scooped,
because they take pains to represent whoever has real authority in Washington.

Snowden told Gellman he would no longer get an exclusive the day Gellman told him there might be some delay in getting it published. Then he released it to Greenwald and the very same week, the Guardian went with the story. The Post rushed Gellman's piece into a short article below the fold the same Thursday in order to avoid being scooped.

This is according to Gellman himself in a news analysis piece, btw.