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Jim Risen, a best-selling author and former New York Times reporter, is The Intercept's Senior National Security Correspondent, based in Washington, D.C.
- 1 A Marketplace of Secrets
- 2 You Furnish The Pictures, I’ll Furnish The War
- 3 Stellar Wind
- 4 The War on The Press
Bundled against thefreezing wind, my lawyers and I were about to reach the courthouse door when two news photographers launched into a perp-walk shoot. As a reporter, I had witnessed this classic scene dozens of times, watching in bemusement from the sidelines while frenetic photographers and TV crews did their business. I never thought I would be ...
After the 9/11 attacks, the Bush administration began asking the press to kill stories more frequently. They did it so often that I became convinced the administration was invoking national security to quash stories that were merely politically embarrassing. In late 2002, for instance, I called the CIA for comment on a story about the existence of ...
In the summerof 2003, the New York Times named a new Washington bureau chief: Philip Taubman, an old friend of Bill Keller’s. Taubman had been the Times’s Moscow bureau chief when Keller won a Pulitzer Prize as a correspondent there. Now Taubman was Keller’s man in Washington. Taubman and I developed a friendly relationship. He had covered national...
The impact ofthe story was immediate and explosive. George W. Bush was forced to confirm the existence of the program, even as he called the leak of information about it a “shameful act.” The administration quickly ordered an investigation, which was handed over to a grand jury. Teams of FBI agents were soon trying to hunt down our sources. Congres...
James Risen (born April 27, 1955) is an American journalist for The Intercept. He previously worked for The New York Times and before that for Los Angeles Times.
Jun 3, 2022 · James Risen tells the story of when a trusted intermediary lawyer betrayed him and collaborated with the FBI to stop his reporting on NSA documents.
Mar 13, 2023 · James Risen. March 13 2023, 1:48 p.m. Support Us. Pro-Trump rioters clash with police and U.S. security forces inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Photo: Brent Stirton...
May 25, 2024 · May 25 2024, 11:40 a.m. Former President Donald Trump sits in Manhattan Criminal Court on May 21, 2024, in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Pool Photo via APAP. Donald Trump represents an ...
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Jan 3, 2018 · Risen is now a senior national security correspondent at The Intercept where his incredible inside story has now been published. We talked with Risen about his career at the New York...
