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Kevin Gosztola

Kevin Gosztola

Managing editor of Shadowproof, host of the "Dissenter Weekly," co-host of the podcast "Unauthorized Disclosure," and member of Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)

In Push To Dismiss Lawsuit, CIA Says Americans Who Visited Assange Had No Privacy Rights

In Push To Dismiss Lawsuit, CIA Says Americans Who Visited Assange Had No Privacy Rights

This article was funded by paid subscribers of The Dissenter. To support journalism on whistleblowers and related press freedom issues, become a subscriber. The Central Intelligence Agency and former CIA director Mike Pompeo contend that attorneys and journalists, who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, had no “legitimate expectation of privacy”

The Beginning Of The Iraq War: March 19, 2003

The Beginning Of The Iraq War: March 19, 2003

A Presumption Of Secrecy: Defying Sunshine In Government

A Presumption Of Secrecy: Defying Sunshine In Government

In 2017, Bloomberg reporter Jason Leopold submitted a Freedom of Information request for “photographed copies of all artwork created by Guantanamo detainees.” Leopold waited about five years before United States Southern Command, or SOUTHCOM, fulfilled the request. The joint command removed portions of hundreds of paintings, invoking an exemption for

March To Iraq War, 20 Years Later: March 16, 2003

March To Iraq War, 20 Years Later: March 16, 2003

March To Iraq War, 20 Years Later: March 15, 2003

March To Iraq War, 20 Years Later: March 15, 2003

March To Iraq War, 20 Years Later: March 12, 2003

March To Iraq War, 20 Years Later: March 12, 2003

Unauthorized Disclosure: Brian Becker