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Founded in 2014 to publish reporting from the Snowden archive, The Intercept covers surveillance, national security and civil liberties. It is a non-profit and has been notably willing to criticize Democratic administrations as well as Republican ones.
Admirers say its adversarial posture toward government secrecy is exactly what the press is for, and that it holds both parties to the same standard on war and surveillance. Detractors argue its editorial voice is closer to a campaign than a newsroom, a charge that has come from inside the organization as well as outside.