Glenn Greenwald wants the U.S. to defund Israel and pardon Assange | The Reason Interview

The free speech absolutist and co-founder of The Intercept, Glenn Greenwald, dives deep into Israel, Latin America, and the necessity of decentralized media in the age of U.S. security state overreach. 0:00- Introduction 1:10- The Intercept: the trajectory from Snowden reporting to crying emojis 7:09- Trump v Clinton and Biden 11:57- Julian Assange and Wikileaks 21:10- Rumble and decentralized media 26:25— Greenwald's journalistic origin story 29:26- College students protests 37:28- Greenwald's Jewish heritage 39:53- What's going on in Gaza? 45:58- Greenwald's foreign policy positions 51:50- Latin American: Milei, Lula, an Bukele 58:50- Drug policy 1:03:18- 2024 Biden vs. Trump election 1:07:00- Audience Q&A https://reason.com/podcast/2024/05/29... --- Today's guest is maverick journalist Glenn Greenwald, whose work publicizing Edward Snowden's revelations of ubiquitous and illegal surveillance of Americans helped The Guardian win a Pulitzer Prize. Greenwald now hosts the nightly news show System Updateon Rumble and maintains an active presence on X (formerly Twitter). Reason's Nick Gillespie and Greenwald talked about the failing fortunes of The Intercept, the investigative website he co-founded in 2014 and had an acrimonious break with in 2020, the Israel/Gaza War, student protests on campuses, legacy media's obsession with disinformation ad Russian interference in the 2016 election, and whether a victory by President Joe Biden or Donald Trump would be worse for America—and the world. This interview was conducted before a live audience in New York City, a day after Greenwald debated Alan Dershowitz at the Soho Forum about whether the United States should attack Iran's nuclear program. #podcast #israel #gaza #politics #news