Daniel Ellsberg is the author of “Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers.” He was charged in 1971 under the Espionage Act as well as for theft and conspiracy for copying the Pentagon Papers. The trial was dismissed in 1973 after evidence of government misconduct, including illegal wiretapping, was introduced in court. [Read more…]
July 1, 2013
Chris Hayes on "Unequal Responses to 'Leaked' Information"
“Establishment journalists love leaks that serve the interests of political officials, but [b]hate leaks that disclose what those officials want to keep suppressed[/b]” says Glenn Greenwald in his latest update on the NSA Illegal Spying [Read more…]
June 5, 2013
I AM BRADLEY MANNING
May 31, 2013
CIA 'Torture' Whistleblower John Kiriakou Pens Open Letter From Prison
Former CIA officer John Kiriakou. Photograph: Cliff Owen/AP
Former CIA agent John Kiriakou having served three months of a 30-month sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in Loretto, Pennsylvania for revealing to an ABC reporter the US governments use of waterboarding of suspected terrorists has penned his first open letter. [Read more…]