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Kevin Gosztola

Kevin Gosztola

Kevin Gosztols is the editor of The Dissenter and author of "Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case Against Julian Assange." He has spent more than 15 years covering press freedom, whistleblowing, and government secrecy.

State Secrets Ruling By US Supreme Court Helps CIA Conceal Torture At Black Site Prison

Photo of the US Supreme Court from the US Government and in the public domain This article was funded by paid subscribers of The Dissenter Newsletter. Take 25 percent off and become a monthly subscriber [https://thedissenter.org/march-2022]. The “state secrets privilege” stems from a 1953 case known as

Amid Nuclear Crisis, US Officials Reluctant To Pursue Ceasefire In Russia-Ukraine War

President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken (Photo from White House and in the public domain)[EDITOR'S NOTE: While this site typically focuses on whistleblower stories, during the Russia-Ukraine war we are expanding what we normally publish to promote more nuanced coverage of the conflict and

The Inevitability Of Russia's Attack On Ukraine

[EDITOR'S NOTE: I don't typically use this space to weigh in on US foreign policy without connecting it somehow to whistleblowers, but as the establishment news media limits acceptable views to a very narrow spectrum of reactions, I felt the need to weigh in on Russia&

Whistleblower Exposes Credit Suisse's Bankrolling of Spy Chiefs Involved In CIA Torture

A major global journalism project called “Suisse Secrets" revealed the names of criminals and corrupt government officials who had Credit Suisse accounts, including spy agency chiefs implicated in the CIA's torture program.

The Contract Is Signed

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CIA Collects Americans' Data In Massive, Secret, And Extralegal Surveillance Program

The Worst Thing Written When Assange Was Jailed?