Kevin Gosztola
Dissenter Weekly: Expanded DHS 'Insider Threat' Program Flouts Privacy Law
Plus, Twitter invokes anti-WikiLeaks policy in crackdown on the New York Post
Canadian TV Network Sued After 'Falsely Accusing' Independent News Site Of Being Part Of Russian Cyber Operation
Global News spread "unfair and inaccurate statements" that held Consortium News "up to scorn and contempt in the industry," the defamation lawsuit declares.
Whistleblower Hired To Screen Workers For COVID-19 Exposes Meatpacking Corporation's Oppressive Conduct
"I am not going to sign anything approving someone to go into work when they are clearly sick—that is not right and I will not do that so I quit," declared Sarah-Jean Buck, a temporary JBS worker.
Dissenter Weekly: Reforming The Espionage Act, Latest In OPCW Whistleblower Scandal
Plus, court rules NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden must pay $5 million in profits from his book, "Permanent Record."
Proposed Reform To US Espionage Act Would Create Public Interest Defense
A defendant charged would be "permitted to testify about their purpose for engaging in the prohibited conduct."
FBI Seized Legally Privileged Materials From Julian Assange After Arrest In Ecuador Embassy
"One record of [Assange’s] entire archive” was effectively purloined, and without it, attorney Gareth Peirce mentioned it has made putting together a defense in his extradition case more difficult.