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Ewen MacAskill (born 1951) is a Scottish journalist. He worked for 22 years on The Guardian, ending his career in September 2018 as the newspaper's defence and intelligence correspondent. MacAskill was involved in preparing the publication disclosures from Edward Snowden of the activities of the American National Security Agency (NSA). Career
- Journalist
- University of Glasgow
- 1974–2018
- 1951 (age 71–72), Glasgow, Scotland
Ewen MacAskill was the Guardian's defence and intelligence correspondent until 2018. He was Washington DC bureau chief from 2007-2013, diplomatic editor from 1999-2006, chief...
Sep 13, 2019 · The world’s most famous whistleblower, Edward Snowden, says he has detected a softening in public hostility towards him in the US over his disclosure of top-secret documents that revealed the...
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Jun 7, 2023 · Ideas. The Snowden Revelations Reconsidered. The leak in 2013 of NSA documents detailing mass surveillance of electronic communications seemed to have seismic significance. Today, the legacy looks...
Jul 18, 2014 · Alan Rusbridger and Ewen MacAskill. The whistleblower speaks to Alan Rusbridger and Ewen MacAskill about life in Russia, the NSA culture, his time there and the future of communication. I,...
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Dec 14, 2016 · Ewen MacAskill has been a journalist on Guardian for 20 years, first as chief political correspondent, then diplomatic editor, Washington bureau chief, general reporter based in New York and now London-based defense and intelligence correspondent.
Ewen MacAskill is a Pulitzer Prize-winning former defence and intelligence correspondent for The Guardian who acts as a mentor for Thomson Foundation trainees.
