Edward Snowden granted temporary asylum in Russia, leaves airport
Share Edward Snowden’s legal representative announced today that Russian authorities have granted the NSA whistleblower temporary asylum. Anatoly Kucherena’s announcement was confirmed by Russia’s...
View ArticleRuss Tice, William Binney discuss NSA surveillance capabilities
Share Former NSA employees Russell Tice and William Binney discussed NSA surveillance capabilities Thursday for the PBS News Hour. Tice described evidence that NSA targeted individuals including...
View ArticleVideo shows NSA Director Alexander denying reports of now-confirmed domestic...
Share A video broadcast by Democracy Now! argues for some house cleaning at the intelligence agencies, starting at the top. The video shows National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander denying the...
View ArticleBradley Manning receives 35-year prison sentence, dishonorable discharge
ShareMarch 8, 2013 protest in Kabul in support of Bradley Manning This morning, at Fort Meade, Maryland, a military court sentenced Army Private Bradley Manning for releasing classified documents to...
View ArticleNSA whistleblowers vindicated; surveillance empire strikes back
Share The glass-and-copper cage of the National Security Agency (NSA) was rattled last week by the first seismic waves of surveillance reform. Leaked tidbits from a White House review group criticized...
View ArticleNational security experts appeal for return to Constitutional government
ShareL-R: Thomas Drake, Coleen Rowley, Antony Arnove, Daniel Ellsberg, Jesselyn Radack, and Ray McGovern, 22 Apr 2014, Georgetown U. Photo by Linda Lewis Four national security whistleblowers and a...
View ArticleSnowden, Poitras honored as truth-tellers at National Press Club
Share Telling truth to power can be a lonely, even dangerous activity. Isolation and shunning are common, making it seem like solitary confinement with invisible bars. So, it’s important that the...
View ArticleOversight authority gives thumbs up to classifying evidence of military...
Share Transparency suffered a blow in late May when John Fitzpatrick, Director of the Information Security Oversight Office, approved a Marine Corps decision to classify images and videos of troops...
View ArticleHearing examines health of federal whistleblowing, finds alarming changes
ShareHearing witnesses Robert MacLean, Dr. Robert Van Boven and Tom Devine. Sept 9, 2014. At a hearing on Capitol Hill last Tuesday, witnesses delivered a combination of good news and dire predictions...
View ArticleMacLean garners impressive support in Supreme Court case
ShareRobert MacLean at Sept. 9 Congressional hearing. Last week, supporters filed eight more “friend of the court” (amicus curiae) briefs in support of Robert MacLean, the whistleblowing former air...
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