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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.

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

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