Glenn Greenwald

Regular readers will know that I'm quite fond of Glenn Greenwald. Although his daily column is so intense that I rarely make it through the whole thing, I consider Glenn to be one of the foremost journalists working in the the world today. He is hard-hitting, brutally honest, insightful and observant, and is an excellent writer to boot. If you're not reading Glenn's column at least once in a while, please consider doing so.

You can find him here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/glenn-greenwald

ALSO, please consider giving Glenn some money.  As a regular reader and contributor, I received his usual year-end letter, which I post below for your benefit.

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Dear GT - As you know, I hold a fund-raiser at the end of each year to support my journalism. When I left Salon for the Guardian in August, our agreement was that I would continue to write with full editorial and journalistic independence and, to accomplish that, would continue to rely on support from my readers at the end of each year.

Because I've only been at the Guardian for a few months, we mutually agreed the best way to do that this year would be for me to appeal directly to those readers who have supported my journalism in the past rather than writing about it at the Guardian: 

hence this email.

Reader support has always been and remains vital to my ability to work independently. It enables me to have a research assistant which is invaluable, to fund some travel and technology I use to cover stories, and most significantly, to avoid having to join anyone's staff or do unconstructive work that distracts from the journalism I think is important. The most important aspect of reliance on reader support is, I've always believed, that it frees me from having to concern myself with the reaction of anyone to my work - other than my readers.

As always, donations can be made via paypal (UnclaimedTerritory@yahoo.com), at Google Checkout (link here), or via mail (checks should be made payable to Dos Santos Management, LLC and sent c/o Daniel Novack, 360 Furman Street, #931, Brooklyn, NY 11201.

I always truly appreciate all forms of reader support. It is deeply gratifying and emboldening, as well as very helpful. Either way, this is an excellent opportunity for me to thank you for your past support - 

Glenn Greenwald

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