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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)

Three Stories That Further Illustrate Why US Government Can't Be Trusted In Assange Case

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by Ryan J. Reilly Three requests for information related to spying on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange were sent by Spanish judges to the United States Justice Department. The first request occurred in June 2020, but according to Yahoo! News, U.S. officials still refuse to

NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner Spoke At First Public Event Since Completing Prison Sentence

Billie Winner-Davis, Reality Winner's mother (left) and Reality Winner NSA whistleblower Reality Winner completed her prison sentence and spoke on November 26 at the first public event since her arrest. “I have been home, but I haven’t really been home. It’s been a constant sort of

Clive Stafford Smith And Andy Worthington Discuss Assange, 'Gitmo Files' On 'Primary Sources'

Against Blocking The New York Times From Publishing Project Veritas Documents

Photo: Alex Proimos [https://flickr.com/photos/proimos/41578643110/in/photolist-26maq25-qwsCUN-WHeHQF-5x5Krz-dcZy46-GE83Sh-dsPyiH-dcZSa7-cBHuAG-cExqwN-75Comj-GiKibq-851RJP-7kSeQ2-GFwzFj-8ZreiS-6p2KzD-4NUAP2-dcZy8K-9DjxRr-GHwCy-7tSMX-daf3Xf-7tSNx-8DrFED-7Y1CGi-KF39ky-2j5hZpx-GHwDb-LVg8HH-SjN127-5b3SeM-TetFNN-47f16F-4HPMRS-2giCAXf-4rDAxq-6CyJZg-5H81ZT-8RNXos-7AvmmP-QMy8cV-9GTXJe-8zgzfr-evA7cr-6kdQeB-bzHrbM-6kdYxt-8ULw5c-6b6u6y] A judge extended a temporary ban against the New York Times publishing

FOIA Friday: CENTCOM's Defense Of A Massacre In Syria

Dissenter Weekly: US Energy Department Dynamites Radioactive Site Near Los Angeles

Plus, Associated Press detailed extensive criminal conduct by wardens in Bureau of Prisons, which despite the efforts of whistleblowers is brushed aside by the BOP.

FBI Raids Show Project Veritas Is Latest Target In War On Journalism (And It's Maddening)

An FBI logo, photographed in Washington, D.C. on July 16, 2012. (Flickr / J) “Unless the government had good reason to believe that Project Veritas employees were directly involved in the criminal theft of the diary, it should not have subjected them to invasive searches and seizures,” the American Civil