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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.

Listen To The Third Episode of 'Primary Sources' With Carey Shenkman (Exclusive For Paid Subscribers)

Defending Rights and Dissent's graphic for the third episode of "Primary Sources" In the third episode of the “Primary Sources” podcast, human rights attorney Carey Shenkman joins host Chip Gibbons for a deep dive into the legal history of the United States Espionage Act. Shenkman gave

Dissenter Weekly: US Prosecutors Play Dirty In Daniel Hale's Case (Exclusive For Paid Subscribers)

In this edition of “Dissenter Weekly,” host Kevin Gosztola goes through whistleblower stories from the week of July 22, 2021. We begin with coverage of Pegasus, the spyware sold by the Israeli surveillance company to governments, especially those with good or improved relations with Israeli officials. Our main story of

Daniel Hale Pens Letter For Judge Describing How He 'Came To Violate The Espionage Act'

"The truest truism that I’ve come to understand about the nature of war is that war is trauma," Daniel Hale shared with the judge.

US Government Seeks Harshest Sentence Ever In Leak Case Against Drone Whistleblower

The sentencing memorandum from the U.S. government reflects the vindictive posture of US prosecutors, particularly since he pled guilty.

US 'Power Brokers' Benefited From Defending Israeli Spyware Maker

NSO Group, the Israeli surveillance firm behind Pegasus (Screen shot from The Hindu) A massive journalism project involving 17 media outlets from around the world exposed the dark underbelly of Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group and their collaboration with governments to target journalists, human rights activists, and even powerful regime

Dissenter Weekly: US Commerce Department's Rogue Police Unit (Paid Subscribers Edition)

Dissenter Weekly: US Commerce Department's Rogue Police Unit (Paid Subscribers Edition)

Rogue Police Force Operating In US Commerce Department Further Exposed By Whistleblowers

Whistleblowers referred to the Investigations and Threat Management Service (ITMS) as the "gestapo."