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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)

Pentagon And Its Overseers Suppressed Whistleblowers Who Challenged Massacre In Syria

U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Trevor T. McBride and in the public domain Whistleblowers in the United States military exposed a strike in Syria that resulted in the massacre of around 70 women and children, according to an investigation by the New York Times. The command responsible

FOIA Friday: FDA's Lax Oversight Of Vaccine Clinical Trials

Dissenter Weekly: USA Today's Year-Long Investigation Into 'Blue Wall Of Silence'

Plus, to avoid lawsuit, Belmarsh prison backs down. Julian Assange and Stella Moris are getting married.

US Government Urges Supreme Court To Protect 'State Secrets Privilege' In Lawsuit Against FBI Spying

Israel Slapped 'Terrorist' Label On Palestinian Human Rights Groups After They Uncovered Pegasus Spyware

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz (Photo: US Embassy Jerusalem and in the public domain) After the Israeli government designated six Palestinian human rights organizations as “terrorist” organizations, Jonathan Kuttab, the co-founder of Al Haq, one of the targeted organizations, suggested this showed Israel

Dissenter Weekly: Colorado Kept Mental Patient 'Unconstitutionally Confined'

Plus, New York state expands whistleblower protections for workers

EPA's Own Survey Shows Employees Fear Retaliation, Pressure To Alter Science

EPA Administrator Michael Regan (Screen shot from Office of Senator Patrick Leahy [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiPAaECqHbw]) A majority of Environmental Protection Agency scientists surveyed by the agency in May indicated they are unable to “do their work knowing they are protected from intimidation or coercion to alter