Journalist Glenn Greenwald Says he Can no Longer Walk Streets Alone

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – After disclosing alleged conversations between Lava Jato’s prosecutors and former judge Sérgio Moro, journalist Glenn Greenwald, from The Intercept Brasil, told Folha de S.Paulo how his life has changed.

“My life has changed completely. What I like to do most in Rio is to walk the streets alone. I can’t do that anymore,” he said. “We had three security cameras; we had to increase them to thirty. We have armored cars and security guards 24 hours a day,” he said.

Regarding the investigations, the journalist claims not to feel intimidated. “I don’t owe anything, so I am not intimidated by this Federal Police investigation or the Coaf [on his financial transactions]. But they’re building a climate of fear; it’s an attempt to scare and intimidate journalists.”

The Washington Post wrote in its latest report a couple of days ago that Greenwald had faced pushbacks for his reporting before, but not like this. His house has transformed into a bunker, and according to the American newspaper, the public threats against Greenwald represent an early test for Brazil and Bolsonaro.

“Will this government tolerate damaging reporting by a gay foreign journalist,” asks the Washington Post, “or will it move to silence him, confirming fears of Bolsonaro’s potential authoritarianism?”.