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I'd assume wherever he's going (some people are saying it's his own organization) will be well funded -- he'll need a good team of lawyers watching his back. Now probably isn't the time to "go it alone" for him.

The Guardian sent lawyers to take care of the Miranda airport incident, and I presume they've been working around the clock to keep him protected with the Snowden stuff.

EDIT: he'll be head of building an "entire journalism unit" for a general-interest (sports, etc) organization, and it is well funded by a "particular backer": http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2013/10/1...

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> When asked whether the new organization would have a big video presence, Greenwald said it would be “very innovative — very, very innovative.”

I hope it's not too video oriented. I rarely consume journalism/news via video anymore unless it's real life footage of some incident.

Hopefully it's NYTimes style innovation, utilizing good modern web design.

yes, great web design without subservience to powerful interests would be ideal.

> going to be funded by a particular backer

Somehow, when I read this, I imagine this guy :)

http://i.imgur.com/IF7omHj.jpg

Bezos

Is this just speculation? It's fine if it is, I'd just like to know.

Speculation; nothing has been announced.

However, the first interview by Greenwald was given to the Washington Post -- which Bezos just purchased.

The people backing him would be really going against the grain since Greenwald is pretty anti-establishment.

Snowden provided material to both Washington Post and the Guardian, but it was the Guardian that chose to really dive into it and milk it all the way -- Washington Post hesitated. A lot of people are hungry for Greenwald giving them more Snowden leaks, the backer probably understands this.

The understanding with Greenwald is he's not afraid to piss off people -- if he gets more leaks in his hands, he's going to let the public in on it. It's hard to imagine Bezos getting himself into this kind of public hot grounds, so I think it's highly unlikely that Bezos is behind this.

edit: small grammar fix; thanks cpeterso

> It's hard to imagine Bezos getting himself into this kind of publically hot grounds, so I think it's highly likely that Bezos is behind this.

Did you mean "highly unlikely"?

This is interesting since I'm sure the feds want cooperation from Amazon, and hence Bezos. If Bezos is behind it, then that might make some sense - NSA forces Bezos to comply with whatever they want, and this is his way of fighting back.

Not to mention this guy will get on the air and actually defend the interests of himself and all of us.

I listened to his interview with CBC Radio(no one listens to CBC Radio), and he is just so articulate and calm.

His defence against the douche bag on CNN(OR NBC) was inspiring, this is what people should be taking example of.

Greenwald has said that the Brazilian government has offered him physical protection (but he has declined iirc). I'm sure he has all the help he could want.

Vox media perhaps? Maybe they are looking to get into the hard news business.

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