Well researched and written article Christopher!

I had just read an article about this particular post from The Intercept from another excellent Steemian - @caitlinjohnstone - entitled The Intercept Is Transitioning From Guard Dog To Attack Dog For The Establishment.

I, and probably many others, are deeply dissapointed in the outlet The Intercept, as with its star reporter Glenn Greenwald we all expect something great.

It is readily apparent that the reporter of the original story bashing Wikileaks - Micah Lee - is certainly a third class biased reporter, at best. With this article, he certainly doesn't appear to uphold the standards we all thought were an integral part of this independent news outlet.

And thanks to you in this article, we can certainly infer that the billionaire owner of The Intercept, Pierre Omidyar does indeed appear to have ties (or at least some very questionable alliances) to the Deep State which greatly puts a stain on this supposed independent news outlet. This is reminiscent of billionnaire Jeff Bezos and his own propaganda outlet Bezos' Blog, or sorry I meant The Washington Compost.

I think we must caution, though, about directly associating Glenn Greenwald in this affair and not throw him under the bus, so to speak.

Personally, I think he is getting caught in the middle of this controversy, wanting to remain loyal to both his readership and his colleagues; it's a tight position to be in. But, rather disappointingly, he does seem to be leaning more towards the latter as per his Tweets on the matter.

Personally, I think he needs to do some damage control to maintain his own reputation and journalistic integrity. He would also have some explaining to do regarding his boss' Deep State connections. Perhaps, even, he should reconsider whether this outlet suits his original watchdog-like and hungry appetite for the pursuit of not only truth, but justice as well.