Greenwald To Appear At Town Hall For N.J. Senate Candidate Rush Holt

Glenn Greenwald, a reporter of The Guardian newspaper, speaks during an interview in Hong Kong Monday, June 10, 2013. Greenwald reported a 29-year-old contractor who claims to have worked at the National Security Age... Glenn Greenwald, a reporter of The Guardian newspaper, speaks during an interview in Hong Kong Monday, June 10, 2013. Greenwald reported a 29-year-old contractor who claims to have worked at the National Security Agency and the CIA allowed himself to be revealed Sunday as the source of disclosures about the U.S. government's secret surveillance programs, risking prosecution by the U.S. government. MORE LESS
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The journalist at the epicenter of the controversy surrounding the revelations of top secret National Security Agency surveillance programs is throwing his weight behind Rep. Rush Holt’s (D-NJ) long-shot U.S. Senate bid, the Washington Post reported Monday.

Holt’s campaign said that The Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald, who first reported on the NSA programs based on leaks from former government contractor Edward Snowden, will participate Tuesday in an online town hall the candidate is hosting, along with Energy Secretary Steven Chu and a group of biology and energy experts. 

Greenwald actually expressed support for Holt’s candidacy recently on Twitter while also taking a jab at the congressman’s opponent, Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker. Polls have shown Booker to be the overwhelming favorite in the special Senate election playing out this year in the Garden State.

Greenwald announced late last week that he’ll be participating in a Congressional hearing on the NSA surveillance programs that will be hosted by Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL).

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