Whistleblower
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Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale In Carceral Limbo While US Generals Shirk Responsibility For Deadly Strikes
Around two months ago, drone whistleblower Daniel Hale was sentenced to 45 months in prison after he stood before a federal judge and delivered a statement that demonstrated he was a person of conscience. Continue reading
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Watch: The Making of Two Political Prisoners: Daniel Hale and Craig Murray
“U.S. prosecutors didn’t get what they wanted in their vindictive Espionage Act prosecution against Daniel Hale. They wanted 9 years in prison, especially since he succeeded in convincing many he is a conscientious soul. But 45 months is still 45 months too many.” — Kevin Gosztola, “Shadowproof” Continue reading
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Pentagon Whistleblower Under Investigation For Trying To Prevent War With China Over Taiwan
Pentagon whistleblower Franz Gayl has been part of the United States Marine Corps for over four decades. He spent the last months trying to warn U.S. government officials and the public of the threat of becoming entangled in a war with China over Taiwan. Continue reading
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REGISTER: CovertAction Magazine INTERACTIVE WEBINAR – May 18 @ 12pm
CovertAction Magazine invites you to an Interactive Webinar with Leading Whistleblower Attorney Jesselyn Radack, Ex-CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou, and Anti-drone Peace Activist Kathy Kelly. Continue reading
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OPCW responds to Douma leaks… by arguing whistleblowers are not credible & calling for tighter internal security measures
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has said in a report that whistleblowers who raised concerns about the group’s Douma probe are not credible, and called for new measures to prevent further leaks. Continue reading
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Australian Federal Police raid journalists over exposures of government spying, war crimes By Oscar Grenfell
Over the past 24 hours, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) have carried out two raids targeting separate media organisations, for their publication of articles exposing government spying plans and war crimes committed by Australian troops in Afghanistan. Continue reading
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NSA Whistleblower: Snowden Never Had Access to the JUICIEST Documents
Tice told PBS and other media that the NSA is spying on – and blackmailing – top government officials and military officers, including Supreme Court Justices, highly-ranked generals, Colin Powell and other State Department personnel, and many other top officials: Continue reading
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Britain: Anti-terror legislation used to pursue whistleblower By Ben Trent
Anti-terror legislation has been used to pursue a whistleblower, who revealed details of the relationship between Britain’s tax authorities, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HRMC), and top companies accused of tax avoidance. In March, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC), headed by Labour MP Margaret Hodge, revealed further details in the case of… Continue reading
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The Strategic Consequences of Edward Snowden’s Revelations (I) By Dmitriy Sedov
In the final days of last year, the former U.S. National Security Agency contractor addressed the international community in a televised speech in order to once again point out the seriousness of the problem. In his speech Snowden referred to George Orwell’s novel ‘1984’, saying that the means of monitoring people described by Orwell (the… Continue reading
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UK Ministry of Defence rejects FOIA request for leaked 2001 security manual
Although the document was published by WikiLeaks four years ago, it is still considered classified material by the UK government. It would seem that the UK government does not want any officially public information out about how it has placed investigative journalists and members of the public in the same category as “terrorists organisations.” Continue reading
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Jeremy Hammond’s Court Statement Upon Being Sentenced To 10 Years In Jail By Jeremy Hammond
Jeremy Hammond was sentenced to ten years in prison for hacking Stratfor communications, then releasing information to Wikileaks. This is his statement Continue reading
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The Accelerating Assault on Journalism
U.S. soldier Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning’s 35-year sentence represents the harshest punishment issued to date for providing media with evidence of government wrongdoing (Forbes, 8/21/13). She is the first whistleblower to be convicted under the Espionage Act, ratifying the new reality that those who give the press information that the government wants to keep secret… Continue reading
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The courage of Bradley Manning will inspire others to seize their moment of truth By John Pilger
The critical moment in the political trial of the century was on 28 February when Bradley Manning stood and explained why he had risked his life to leak tens of thousands of official files. It was a statement of morality, conscience and truth: the very qualities that distinguish human beings. This was not deemed mainstream… Continue reading
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Patrick Henningsen – Hour 1 – Syria, Snowden, NSA & the Whistleblower Circus
Patrick Henningsen, an independent journalist currently based in London, is the managing editor of 21st Century Wire, which delivers news and exposés on intelligence, foreign policy, climate change, the war on terror, technology and Wall Street. In the first hour Patrick talks about the situation in Syria as Britain and France, together with Israel and… Continue reading
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