Murtaza Hussain

AI position

No x-risk mention

No public statements found engaging with AI existential-risk arguments; his AI-related reporting is limited to surveillance/military-tech and corporate-data angles.

Why influential

Has access to decision-makers and can set elite understanding through scoops, sourcing and authoritative framing in a major newsroom. Primary policy lanes: national security; foreign policy; civil liberties.

Who pays attention

Human-rights groups, national-security critics, progressive policymakers and international journalists

Work samples

• LEAKED: A New List Reveals Top Websites Meta Is Scraping of Copyrighted Content to Train Its AI

  Aug 6, 2025 · article

  Co-authored with Ryan Grim and Waqas Ahmed; investigation into Meta scraping ~6 million websites, including pirated and adult content, to train its AI models.

• Behind the Bombs, New Details Emerge on Iran's Infiltration of Israel

  Mar 13, 2026 · article

  Co-authored with Jeremy Scahill; national-security investigative reporting, his core beat.

• TRUMP LOSING CREDIBILITY OVER IRAN WAR - w/ Drop Site News' Murtaza Hussain

  Jan 1, 2026 · video

  TV/YouTube interview appearance discussing US-Iran conflict.

• Trump Might Want to End the War. Iran Won't Do It on His Terms.

  Jan 1, 2026 · article

  Foreign-policy/national-security analysis piece, core beat coverage.