Glenn Greenwald Vows To Return To U.S. After ‘Exile’

The journalist Glenn Greenwald, a columnist for the British newspaper The Guardian, talks about secrets and surveillance of the Brazilian government during his presentation at the International Congress of Investigat... The journalist Glenn Greenwald, a columnist for the British newspaper The Guardian, talks about secrets and surveillance of the Brazilian government during his presentation at the International Congress of Investigative Journalism at PUC in Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil, on October 14, 2013. Photo: FABIO MOTTA/ESTADAO CONTEUDO. (Agencia Estado via AP Images) MORE LESS
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Glenn Greenwald said in an interview published late last week that he intends to return to the United States at some point, admitting that he does “feel a bit on exile.”

The Brazil-based American journalist who has reported extensively on top secret surveillance programs revealed through documents leaked by Edward Snowden said he refuses to be kept out of his native country simply for doing his job.

“I do feel a bit on exile but I don’t mean to stay away from the US,” Greenwald told the website Telerama. “I wanna force the issue at some point. I refuse to be kept out of my own country for doing journalism.”

Greenwald originally moved to Brazil as a result of a U.S. law that denied immigration benefits to his gay partner, but that law has since been struck down.

 

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