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November 27, 2013

"Thank You Ed Snowden"

While hundreds of thousands of American’s nationwide are supporting NSA whistleblower Ed Snowden as Time Magazines ‘Person of the Year,’  the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund has just launched their ad campaign ‘Courage is Contagious’ with banners on DC buses saying ‘Thank You Ed Snowden.’

And the Partnership’s campaign is growing  –

Because of the crowd-funding support this project is receiving, it is starting to take off! We are happy to announce it is now being expanded. We have taken out ads on five additional buses, which will hit the streets of D.C. soon. [Read more…]

November 15, 2013

"When we speak truth to power we are ignored at best and brutally suppressed at worst"

Jeremy Hammond was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for hacking into computers of Stratfor, a private intelligence firm whose clients include governments, corporations, military and contractors. After Chris Hedges, Truthdig, met with Hammond earlier this week, he sat down with Paul Jay of The Real News to provide his perspective on Hammond, his work as a hacktivist and the valuable information the Stratfor leaks provided to an uninformed society –

Here’s a snippet from Hammond’s Statement to the Court posted by the sparrow project –

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. [Read more…]

October 14, 2013

The Banality of Evil by Peter Ludlow

In recent months there has been a visible struggle in the media to come to grips with the leaking, whistle-blowing and hacktivism that has vexed the United States military and the private and government intelligence communities. This response has run the gamut. It has involved attempts to condemn, support, demonize, psychoanalyze and in some cases [Read more…]

June 18, 2013

There is an NSA-CIA hybrid agency that may explain Snowden's involvement in SIGINT and HUMINT

by Wayne Madsen
Wayne Madsen Report
June 12, 2013

The media is quoting a number of intelligence “insiders” who are questioning NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s involvement in National Security Agency (NSA) signals intelligence and meta-data mining programs like PRISM and CIA human intelligence (HUMINT) operations. [Read more…]

June 6, 2013

NSA Whistleblowers: "All U.S. Citizens" Targeted by Surveillance Program, Not Just Verizon Customers

Read the full transcript – http://www.democracynow.org/2013/6/6/nsa_whistleblowers_all_us_citizens_targeted
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May 3, 2013

REPORT: Security Detail in Benghazi Downsized Prior to Attack

May 3, 2013

by Helen Tansey
The T-Room

Following months of hearings on the terrorist attack in Benghazi killing four American’s including U.S. Ambassador Stevens, Chairmen from five House Committees have released an Interim Progress Report (see report below) detailing facts gleaned from testimony, emails, reports and audio/video recordings by leadership from the State Department, Joint Chiefs, Deptartment of Defense, and the CIA. [Read more…]

June 13, 2012

Blowing the whistle on Obama's America

During the 2008 campaign candidate Obama welcomed and honored those who blew the whistle on governmental waste, fraud and abuse. But as is true in all things Obama, what he said then shares no relationship to his actions now.

This weeks “Listening Post” reports on the Obama White House war on journalists and whistleblowers speaking in depth to whistleblower Jesselyn Radack.

Four years ago, on the campaign trail, candidate Barack Obama shared his views on whistleblowers. He said: “Often the best source of information about waste, fraud and abuse in government is a government employee committed to public integrity, willing to speak out. Such acts of courage and patriotism … should be encouraged rather than stifled.” [Read more…]