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Full quote: >The Intercept was widely criticized for its handling of the document Winner leaked—in particular, the decision to show the leaked document to the
by remarkEon 4y ago
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>The Intercept was widely criticized for its handling of the document Winner leaked—in particular, the decision to show the leaked document to the U.S. government. While attempting to verify its authenticity with the NSA, an Intercept reporter inadvertently revealed its provenance. According to an FBI affidavit, the document had a telltale crease in it, indicating it had been printed and folded. An FBI agent assigned to the case would later testify that a total of six people had printed the document. The pool of potential leakers was further narrowed to one — Winner — when investigators discovered she’d emailed The Intercept from her work computer. The Intercept would go on to conduct an internal review, which found that, in Winner’s case, its “practices fell short of the standards to which we hold ourselves” when it came to protecting sources.
Ouch.
That said this case seems quite different. The Intercept didn't do it on purpose, but instead had someone not competent in protecting the source while attempting verification. The case of Teixeira seems remarkably different, however, in that journalists actively did the investigative work for the government while also, to an extent, reporting on the leaks themselves.
- netsharc 4y ago> investigators discovered she’d emailed The Intercept from her work computer. Hah, I think even without the paper, she would've been toast as soon as the email admins checked their logs...
- remarkEon 4y agoFor sure, The Intercept got dragged for that episode because of how shoddy their controls were. Winner would've been "got" regardless, just maybe a little bit later.