George Knapp and Jeremy Corbell released their podcast on the Grusch story:
In short: they were the first people he came to, over a year ago. They've spent that time getting to know him, verifying what they can about him, and vouch for him 100%. He did not intend to go public, but someone leaked his name, and so they went with plan C - the Kean and Blumenthal story (they didn't mention it here, but K&B had been in talks with WaPo to do the story, but WaPo's editors kept delaying). The law firm representing him publicly distanced themselves from him after the story, basically firing him as a client. (Knapp and Corbell say their excuse seems to be because he is not a government employee any longer.) But the specific lawyer is sticking with him, and has left the firm to do so.
They allude to more details about the reprisals he has experienced over the past few years, and give some details. E.g., they met him at a conference, and they day after, when he got back to work, he was basically fired and lost all his security clearances. Through his legal complaint, he ended up being vindicated and eventually got his job back.
I can't remember which other interview it was in, or if it was on Twitter, but apparently the party that has (has been?) harassing him is most likely a defense contractor, like one of the big aerospace companies implicated in these programs.
In short: they were the first people he came to, over a year ago. They've spent that time getting to know him, verifying what they can about him, and vouch for him 100%. He did not intend to go public, but someone leaked his name, and so they went with plan C - the Kean and Blumenthal story (they didn't mention it here, but K&B had been in talks with WaPo to do the story, but WaPo's editors kept delaying). The law firm representing him publicly distanced themselves from him after the story, basically firing him as a client. (Knapp and Corbell say their excuse seems to be because he is not a government employee any longer.) But the specific lawyer is sticking with him, and has left the firm to do so.
They allude to more details about the reprisals he has experienced over the past few years, and give some details. E.g., they met him at a conference, and they day after, when he got back to work, he was basically fired and lost all his security clearances. Through his legal complaint, he ended up being vindicated and eventually got his job back.
I can't remember which other interview it was in, or if it was on Twitter, but apparently the party that has (has been?) harassing him is most likely a defense contractor, like one of the big aerospace companies implicated in these programs.