Emma Best (journalist)

Emma Best is an American reporter and whistleblower. They worked with WikiLeaks and activist Julian Assange to inform about the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).[1][2]

Emma Best
Portrait of Emma Best
OccupationInvestigative reporter
Notable work
Distributed Denial of Secrets

During the Trump administration, Best reported on the FBI files of President Donald Trump, Roger Stone, and a company owned by the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.[3][4][5][6]

Best has been called a former hacker and journalist.[7][8][9]

References

  1. Thielman, Sam (February 6, 2019). "A new group devoted to transparency is exposing secrets Wikileaks chose to keep". Columbia Journalism Review. New York City: Columbia University. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  2. Franceschi-Bicchierai, Lorenzo (July 20, 2020). "ICE Questions an Admin of The-Eye Archive Site About 'BlueLeaks'" (in en). Vice. https://www.vice.com/en/article/xg84ww/ice-questions-admin-of-the-eye-archive-site-hosted-blue-leaks. Retrieved June 5, 2021. 
  3. Leopold, Jason (January 19, 2017). "Trump's Long History With The FBI: In 1981, He Offered To "Fully Cooperate"". BuzzFeed News.
  4. North-Best, Emma (September 7, 2018). "FBI Documents on Roger Stone Reveal Sabotage, Espionage, and the Life of a Serial Bagman". Property of the People.
  5. North-Best, Emma (January 2, 2017). "Trump's Treasury pick appears to be part of a federal investigation". MuckRock.
  6. Brown, J. Pat (January 31, 2018). "Even Congress wasn't allowed details of FBI's Steven Mnuchin probe". MuckRock.
  7. Grauer, Yael (2019-10-07). "A Roundtable of Hackers Dissects 'Mr. Robot' Season 4 Episode 1: 'Unauthorized'". Vice. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  8. Brewster, Thomas. "An 'Unhappy American' In The Russia-Ukraine Information War Promises A Huge Leak Of Data Stolen From The Kremlin's Internet Censor". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  9. "Database Exposes Offshore Holdings of Prominent Germans" (in en). Der Spiegel. 22 May 2020. https://www.spiegel.de/international/database-exposes-offshore-holdings-of-prominent-germans-a-065050b7-88f9-48b3-83b9-d474599de2ed. Retrieved 5 June 2021. 

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