BY KEVIN GOSZTOLA
Daniel Hale (Photo: Bob Hayes)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.
“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”
24 June 2021 — The Dissenter
BY KEVIN GOSZTOLA
Franz Gayl (Screen shot from Government Accountability Project)
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.
9 May 2021 — CovertAction Magazine
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.
DATE: May 18, 2021 – TIME: 12:00pm–1:30pm EST
7 February 2020 — RT
5 June 2019 — WSWS
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.
Thousands of internal ABC emails being gone through by the AFP [source: Twitter @TheLyonsDen]
8 June 2014 — WashingtonsBlog
10 May 2014 — WSWS
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.
16 January 2014 — Strategic Culture Foundation
«If I defected at all, I defected from the government to the public». – E. Snowden
One of the most important world events of 2013 was Edward Snowden’s revelation that the United States is attempting to keep all of humanity under surveillance using cutting-edge electronic devices.
2 December 2013 — Wikileaks Press
On October 9th, 2009 Wikileaks published the UK MoD Manual of Security Volumes 1, 2 and 3 – Issue 2, a 2389-page UK military protocol for all security and counter-intelligence operations, classified “RESTRICTED.” The document outlines instructions on how to deal with leaks, investigative journalists, Parliamentarians, foreign agents, terrorists & criminals, sexual entrapments in Russia and China, diplomatic pouches, allies, classified documents & codewords, compromising radio and audio emissions, computer hackers—and many other intelligence-related issues.
17 November 2013 — williambowles.info
Jeremy Hammond was sentenced to ten years in prison for hacking Stratfor communications, then releasing information to Wikileaks. This is his statement
Good morning. Thank you for this opportunity. My name is Jeremy Hammond and I’m here to be sentenced for hacking activities carried out during my involvement with Anonymous. I have been locked up at MCC for the past 20 months and have had a lot of time to think about how I would explain my actions.
27 August 2013 — FAIR Blog
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 will henceforth be treated as spies.
8 August 2013 — 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 news in America; and were it not for Alexa O’Brien, an independent freelance journalist, Manning’s voice would have been silenced. Working through the night, she transcribed and released his every word. It is a rare, revealing document.
11 July 2013 — Democracy Now!
Journalist Barrett Brown spent his 300th day behind bars this week on a range of charges filed after he used information obtained by the hacker group Anonymous to report on the operations of private intelligence firms. Brown faces 17 charges ranging from threatening an FBI agent to credit card fraud for posting a link online to a document that contained stolen credit card data. But according to his supporters, Brown is being unfairly targeted for daring to investigate the highly secretive world of private intelligence and military contractors. Continue reading
1 July 2013 — The Real News Network
Michael Ratner: As Ecuador stands up to US pressure over Snowden, leaked documents continue to shed light into US surveillance state (inc. transcript)
28 June 2013 — Red Ice Radio
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 US support are destabilizing the country. Continue reading
27 June 2013 — WashingtonsBlog
Polls show that Americans know the government is spying on all of us for improper purposes … but that many Americans are unsure whether or not the whistleblowers who brought us that information should be prosecuted.
21 June, 2013 — WashingtonsBlog
20 June 2013 — WashingtonsBlog
20 June 2013
[The following was submitted to me via email and I thought it worth publishing (with his permission of course). WB]
Why would Director of National Intelligence General James Clapper feel he could get away with misleading Congress? Pretend a program he knew exists, does not exist? Giving false or misleading information in federal jurisdiction is a felony under federal law 18 USC § 1001 (banning committing both false and misleading [statements]). Continue reading
The New Dark Age 