Interesting Look At Glenn Greenwald’s Mountaintop Home Office Above Rio de Janeiro

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Jimmy Chalk for The New York Times

RIO DE JANEIRO — On approaching Glenn Greenwald’s home office high in the jungle-encrusted mountains above Rio de Janeiro, all is tranquil, bucolic even. A gurgling stream at the entrance frames the idyll.

And then the dogs notice the incursion. They bark, yap and yowl, and while it’s less “Heart of Darkness” than “101 Dalmatians,” the sheer volume is mind-erasing.

Should we be surprised that the house of Mr. Greenwald, the legendarily combative privacy and national security reporter, is surrounded by loud, barking defenders — or that they are actually pussycats once you get to know them, as is their rescuer?

The visit to Mr. Greenwald’s jungle redoubt about 15 minutes from the beaches of Rio last week was notable for its contradictions. He is among the most wired journalists on earth, but he lives and works in Brazil, a country with a notoriously flaky Internet infrastructure.

On television and in print, he comes across as the ultimate alpha, ferocious and unbending, but here the dogs refuse to obey him, looking for guidance from his husband, David, instead. The guy who issues face-melting rebukes on cable and Twitter is also the softy who keeps a pack of hot dogs in his car’s glove box to throw to the dogs wandering the favelas.


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Jimmy Chalk for The New York Times

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1. This is why I've come to dismiss...

..... what passes for "journalism" in this country.

" ferocious and unbending, but here the dogs refuse to obey him, looking for guidance from his husband, David, instead"

Ever think it might be because Greenwald WORKS and the dogs obey whoever spends the most time training them?

Because that's how it really works, despite the horseshit innuendo of that statement.

I don't really need to read another sentence because the aim of the "journalist" is quite clear.

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3. it's mild

. . . worth no more than a chuckle.

I actually like the view of his surroundings and the human look at the man; something lacking in most portrayals of him.

I didn't really expect the NYT to do an entirely snark-free piece on him. Reading through though, it's an interesting, if brief, profile

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2. Yay for dog lovers.

Especially ones who keep food on hand to toss to strays.