In Assange Case, Disaffected Journalists Reject FBI Requests To Aid Prosecution
U.S. prosecutors have quite a struggle ahead if they hope to convince journalists frustrated with Assange’s behavior to aid them in their attack on freedom of the press.
Kevin Gosztola
UK Police Copied Publisher's Phone Data After Stopping Them Under Anti-Terrorism Law
Clarence Thomas Encourages Constitutional Challenge To Whistleblower Law
United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas effectively invited corporations accused of fraud to bring a constitutional challenge against the False Claims Act, which could dismantle a law that whistleblowers have depended on for over a century.
On June 16, Thomas issued a dissenting opinion in a case that involved
The Media Delusion That Daniel Ellsberg Blew The Whistle The 'Right Way'
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Pentagon Papers whistleblower and longtime peace activist Daniel Ellsberg died at the age of 92 on June 16.
Several U.
Barred From Considering First Amendment, Jury In North Carolina Convicts Reporters Of 'Trespassing'
The Loving Truth-Teller That Was Daniel Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower and peace activist who released the Pentagon Papers that exposed the Vietnam War, has died at the age of 92. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer on February 17, and doctors gave him three to six months to live.
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New Research Examines Restrictions On Incarcerated Journalists In US Prisons
A briefing from the Prison Policy Initiative documents many of the restrictions that prisons in the United States impose to prevent journalism from incarcerated individuals.
Fourteen states—Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Virginia—have a “total