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Dissenter Update: Trump Administration's Reliance On Lie Detectors

Host Kevin Gosztola speaks with George Maschke, a former U.S. Army interrogator and reserve intelligence officer, about the Trump administration's reliance on lie detector tests to enforce secrecy. Maschke is the co-founder of AntiPolygraph.org, and he was falsely accused of being a spy after the FBI

Imprisoned For Exposing US-Israel's War Plans Against Iran

Chip Gibbons, policy director for Defending Rights and Dissent, joins host Kevin Gosztola to further discuss the case against CIA analyst Asif Rahman, who was convicted of violating the Espionage Act and sentenced to three years and a month in prison for releasing Israel's plans to strike Iran.

Dissenter Update: DIA Employee Arrested In FBI Sting

Host Kevin Gosztola discusses the FBI sting operation that led to the arrest of a Defense Intelligence Agency employee opposed to President Donald Trump's agenda, who allegedly agreed to trade state secrets for citizenship in Germany. Headlines for this edition include an Australia appeals court rejecting Australia war

Navigating Our Algo-Controlled Media Landscape

Host Kevin Gosztola is joined by Andy Lee Roth, a Project Censored editor at large, for a conversation about Big Tech algorithms and how they determine what content we see. Andy goes on to share the work he has been doing on algorithmic literacy for the Reynolds Journalism Institute at

100 Days Of Attacks on Transparency And The Press

Host Kevin Gosztola marks President Donald Trump's first 100 days in his second term with this discussion of his administration's attacks on transparency and press freedom. He is joined by two guests from the Freedom of the Press Foundation —Seth Stern, the advocacy director, and Lauren

Dismantling Freedom Of Information

While Freedom of Information Act reform is necessary, even worse is the fact that US agencies under Trump are dismantling FOIA offices.

Boeing Says Attacks On Whistleblowers All Part Of The Past

This edition of "The Dissenter Weekly" focuses on the unbelievable claim put forward by Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg that whistleblower retaliation at the corporation is entirely a thing of the past. Ortberg was on Capitol Hill for a Senate committee hearing, where senators questioned him about what he