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FBI Whistleblower Responds To US Supreme Court Decision Allowing No-Fly List Lawsuit

FBI Whistleblower Responds To US Supreme Court Decision Allowing No-Fly List Lawsuit

Support independent journalism on whistleblowing, government secrecy, and press freedom. Become a subscriber of The Dissenter. In a unanimous decision on March 19, the United States Supreme Court ruled that a Muslim American, who was put on the no-fly list after he refused to become an FBI informant, may pursue

Right Before 9/11, FBI Counterterrorism Agents Were Busy Snooping In Anarchists' Trash

Right Before 9/11, FBI Counterterrorism Agents Were Busy Snooping In Anarchists' Trash

Whistleblower Exposes Credit Suisse's Bankrolling of Spy Chiefs Involved In CIA Torture

A major global journalism project called “Suisse Secrets" revealed the names of criminals and corrupt government officials who had Credit Suisse accounts, including spy agency chiefs implicated in the CIA's torture program.

Twenty Years Of Barbarism At Guantánamo: Biden Could End It But Lacks The Political Will

JTF Guantanamo photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth from 2010 The first “high-value detainee” at Guantánamo military prison was approved for transfer a day before the detention camp marked the 20th anniversary of confining prisoners in the “war on terrorism.” According to lawyers from Center

9/11 Cinema: Karl Rove Asks Hollywood To Help 'Win The War On Evil'

Pentagon-Backed 'Black Hawk Down' Championed Military Intervention After 9/11

Sgt. Matt Eversmann played by Josh Hartnett in "Black Hawk Down" (Screen shot from the promotional trailer for the film. Fair use for commentary purposes.)[Editor's Note: This is the third in The Dissenter's weekly series [https://thedissenter.org/tag/9-11-cinema/] on 9/11

Since 9/11, FBI Has Destroyed People Based On Their Race, Religion, Or Country Of Origin

Source: FBI.gov [Editor's Note: To mark the 20th anniversary of the rise of the American security state after the September 11th attacks, The Dissenter presents a retrospective on this transformation in policing and government. Each entry in the series, "Twenty Years In A Security State,"