Kevin Gosztola
Twenty Years In A Security State: Guantanamo Whistleblowers Who Spoke Up Against A Legal Black Hole
Guantánamo Bay (Photo from JTF-GTMO and in the public domain)
[Editor's Note: To mark the 20th anniversary of the rise of the American
security state after the September 11th attacks, The Dissenter continues a
retrospective on this transformation in policing and government.]
President George W. Bush and his
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The Kabul Strike: Drone Whistleblowers Speak Out On How Normal It's Become To Kill Muslims
MQ-9 Reaper Drone (Photo: United States Air Force)
During a hearing on Capitol Hill, General Frank McKenzie, the commander for
United States Central Command, contended a drone strike that killed an aid
worker and his family in Kabul, Afghanistan, did not occur under any pressure to
retaliate. The drone operators
Report On CIA Plans To Kidnap Assange Shows Clearest Evidence Yet Of Improper Pressure On Prosecutors
The district judge who denied the extradition request previously dismissed evidence of improper pressure from the CIA to charge the WikiLeaks founder.
Former CIA Director Mike Pompeo Was Reportedly Obsessed With Killing Assange
Former CIA director Mike Pompeo, who could not stop thinking about how to kill
Assange | Photo by Gage Skidmore
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/51329197001/sizes/c/]There were no
criminal prosecutions for anyone in the Central Intelligence Agency when they
operated a torture program. The White House under