Press Play with Madeleine Brand
National security reporter on Washington's 'marketplace of secrets'
Former New York Times reporter James Risen broke the NSA wiretapping story, but his paper refused to publish it for more than a year. Editors believed Bush administration officials who said publishing the piece would damage national security.
By Madeleine Brand • • 48m ListenJames Risen is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter. Courtesy of Virginia Lozano for The Intercept.
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