Ewen macaskill biography of barack

Scottish journalist (born 1951)

Ewen MacAskill (born 1951)^[2] is a Scottish journalist.

Ewen macaskill biography of barack

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

MacAskill was a political editor for The Scotsman for six years (1990–96) before becoming chief political correspondent for The Guardian. In 2007, he was named Washington DC bureau chief.^[3]

While based in the United States, he was involved in preparing the Edward Snowden revelations concerning the NSA for publication liaising with Snowden and his contact, Glenn Greenwald, who had brought the story to the attention of then GuardianUS editor Janine Gibson.^[2] As a result of his reporting on Global surveillance disclosures, he was named co-recipien