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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)

How The Post-9/11 Climate Helped Turn The Satirical 'Buffalo Soldiers' Into A Flop

Promotional poster from Miramax for "Buffalo Soldiers." Fair use included for purposes of commentary. [Editor's Note: This is the second in The Dissenter's weekly series [https://thedissenter.org/tag/9-11-cinema/] on 9/11 and its impact on cinema, which will be published as a

Since 9/11, FBI Has Destroyed People Based On Their Race, Religion, Or Country Of Origin

Source: FBI.gov [Editor's Note: To mark the 20th anniversary of the rise of the American security state after the September 11th attacks, The Dissenter presents a retrospective on this transformation in policing and government. Each entry in the series, "Twenty Years In A Security State,"

FBI Responded To 9/11 By Locking Up Hundreds Of Muslim Immigrants (Exclusive For Subscribers)

Dissenter Weekly: South African Whistleblower Murdered, FBI Whistleblower Speaks Out (Exclusive For Paid Subscribers)

9/11 Cinema: 'The Siege' Foreshadowed America's Dark Transformation

With each attack, the message of the movie is that traditional law enforcement will not stop the violence coming from within Arab and Muslim communities.

Listen To The Sixth Episode Of 'Primary Sources' With Thomas Drake (Exclusive For Paid Subscribers)

Image of Thomas Drake from Defending Rights and Dissent's "Primary Sources" website In the sixth episode of the “Primary Sources” podcast, NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake joins host Chip Gibbons to discuss how he became the United States Justice Department’s “signature case” for resurrecting the Espionage

Twenty Years In A Security State: After Failing To Stop 9/11 Attacks, FBI Invented Terrorists

"[W]e try to identify plots in the earliest stages possible because we don’t know what we don’t know about a terrorism plot," Attorney General Alberto Gonzales declared, referring to the FBI.