The Intercept's Glenn Greenwald says the Washington Post has produced "completely fictitious and fabricated claims about the threat posed by Vladimir Putin and Russia." Full story: http://owl.li/kmMU307KnLE | Democracy Now!

"These young, crusading prosecutors want to clean up their country..." Glenn Greenwald talking about the anti-corruption probe, Operation Car Wash, in Brazil. Hear more from his Freedom Fest interview, Sunday on C-SPAN 2 at 8pm ET https://www.c-span.org/video/?521894-2/securing-democracy | BookTV

Brazil's former president Lula, who had been the front-runner in this year's presidential election, has just been ordered to prison by the country's Supreme Court while he appeals a controversial conviction on corruption charges. Journalist Glenn Greenwald explains why Brazil's wealthy oligarchs want Lula to be ineligible to run for president: http://ow.ly/qMQU30jl0KL | Democracy Now!

Last Sunday, with The Intercept Brasil, we published a series of exposés that have created a major political earthquake in Brazil. Glenn Greenwald explains what the Secret Brazil Archive’s revelations mean, and why this reporting is so important for the entire democratic world. https://interc.pt/2Km2M26 | The Intercept