The company First look media, a news agency founded by the billionaire founder of the eBay auction site, Pierre O'Millard, today launched its first online magazine, called The Intercept and initially will focus on its spying activities National Security Service (NSA) of the United States, based on what the former IT consultant revealed Edward Snowdon. The site is run by former Salon and Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald and documentary producer Laura Poitras—the only journalists who have worked directly with Snowden—as well as Jeremy Scahill, researcher, journalist, author of Dirty Wars and co-producer of the documentary of the same name (2013) about US secret operations abroad. The first article published on the site is co-authored by Greenwald and Scahill and focuses on the methods the NSA uses to identify targets for attacks unmanned aerial vehicles.
The site also publishes photos of sites used by or NSA and others services πληροφοριών τις οποίες τράβηξε ο εικαστικός καλλιτέχνης Τρέβορ Πάγκλεν. Παρά το ότι αρχικά επικεντρώνεται στην κυβερνητική κατασκοπεία, το σχέδιο των ιδρυτών του ιστοτόπου είναι να επεκτείνουν τις θεματικές του περιεχομένου του εν καιρώ. Θα εμβαθύνει σε ευρύτερα ζητήματα, όπως η λογοδοσία της κυβέρνησης, του δικαστικού συστήματος και των επιχειρήσεων· οι παραβιάσεις των ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων· και η κοινωνική ανισότητα. Ο Ομιντγιάρ, ο οποίος έγινε δισεκατομμυριούχος μετά την εισαγωγή του ιστοτόπου eBay στο χρηματιστήριο το 1998, είχε αποφασίσει πέρυσι να μην αγοράσει την εφημερίδα The The Washington Post, which is now owned by the billionaire founder of the online department store Amazon Jeff Bezos. Instead, Omidyar announced his intention to invest $250 million in First Look, a journalism team which will create digital magazines for specific topics. First Look's main website, which will be of general interest, is due to launch in 2014.
Source: RES-MPE, kathimerini.gr
