Ryan Gallagher

Ryan Gallagher
Born Ryan Gallagher
Scotland
Residence Brighton, East Sussex, England[1]
Alma mater University of Edinburgh (MSc)
University of Abertay, Dundee (BA)
Occupation Journalist
Website rjgallagher.co.uk

Ryan Gallagher is a Scottish investigative journalist. He writes for The Intercept about security and civil liberties, reporting on classified documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.[2] He has previously worked for The Guardian, Slate, and the Financial Times.[3][4]

In August 2014, Gallagher revealed the existence of ICREACH, an NSA search engine that he alleged is "the largest system for internally sharing secret surveillance records in the United States." [5][6][7] In March 2014, with Glenn Greenwald, he revealed a joint NSA and British Government Communications Headquarters program to infect millions of computers with malware,[8] a report that prompted Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to personally call U.S. President Barack Obama to complain. [9][10][11]

In 2013, Gallagher was threatened by a private security contractor while working on a story exposing the use of facial recognition technology at the Statue of Liberty in New York.[12][13][14]

He is listed on the New America Foundation's website as a Future Tense Fellow under a program that seeks "to bring exceptionally promising new voices and ideas into the nation's public discourse." [15]

References

  1. ↑ "Ryan Gallagher – About". rjgallagher.co.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Ryan Gallagher – The Intercept – First Look Media". The Intercept. 27 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Gold, Hadas (3 March 2013). "Gawker's John Cook to First Look". Politico.
  4. ↑ Beaujon, Andrew (6 February 2014). "First Look adds more journalists, plans to launch first publication next week". Poynter.
  5. ↑ Gallagher, Ryan (25 Aug 2014). "The Surveillance Engine: How the NSA Built Its Own Secret Google". The Intercept.
  6. ↑ Winter, Michael (25 Aug 2014). "NSA built 'Google-like' search engine to share data". USA Today.
  7. ↑ Pullam-Moore, Charles (25 Aug 2014). "Google-like NSA search engine implemented to learn about civilians". PBS.
  8. ↑ Gallagher, Ryan; Greenwald, Glenn (12 March 2014). "How the NSA Plans to Infect 'Millions' of Computers with Malware". The Intercept. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  9. ↑ Holpuch, Amanda (13 March 2014). "Mark Zuckerberg: US government surveillance is a threat to the internet". The Guardian.
  10. ↑ Byers, Alex (13 March 2014). "Mark Zuckerberg calls Obama after NSA report". Politico.
  11. ↑ Pagliery, Jose (14 March 2014). "Mark Zuckerberg calls Obama to complain about NSA". CNN.
  12. ↑ Pinto, Nick (1 May 2013). "Will There Be Face-Recognition Surveillance at the Statue of Liberty?". Village Voice.
  13. ↑ Doctorow, Cory (30 April 2013). "Rumored Statue of Liberty face-recognition supplier harasses and threatens journalist". Boing Boing.
  14. ↑ Cushing, Tim (30 April 2013). "Private Security Contractors Try To Shut Down Journalist Using Legal Threats And Claims Of Harassment". Techdirt.
  15. ↑ "New America Fellows". New America Foundation. 27 October 2014.
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