The New York Times editorial defends journalist Glenn Greenwald

The editorial of the American newspaper The New York Times defended journalist Glenn Greenwald and repudiated the complaint against him made by the Federal Public Ministry (MPF). For the publication, attacking it is a "dangerous threat to the rule of law".

Greenwald, editor of the website The Intercept Brasil , was denounced on Tuesday 21 by the MPF in Brasília in Operation Spoofing, which investigates the role of hackers in the invasions of messaging applications by the authorities of the Republic.

"The Brazilian government's complaint against the American journalist Gleen Greenwald is an increasingly familiar case of shooting the messenger and ignoring the message," wrote the  Times  in this Tuesday's editorial.

The journalist was responsible for revealing the scandal of the so-called Vaza Jato by publishing a series of reports with the dialogues delivered to him by a group of hackers. The messages revealed dialogues between prosecutors and ex-judge Sergio Moro, while conducting investigations and trials of Operation Lava Jato .

“Greenwald's articles did what a free press should do: they revealed a painful truth about those in power. Piercing Moro's heroic image was obviously a shock to Brazilians and damaging to Bolsonaro, ”wrote the New York Times .

For the newspaper, demanding that law defenders be "scrupulous" in their adherence to it is "essential for democracy". "Attacking the bearers of this message is a serious disservice and a dangerous threat to the rule of law," concluded the editorial.

Without being investigated, Greenwald will be able to answer for the crimes of criminal association, telephone interception and invasion of someone else's computer device.