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Trump’s War On Journalism: Officials Proudly Defend Raiding A Journalist’s Home

Trump’s War On Journalism: Officials Proudly Defend Raiding A Journalist’s Home

President Donald Trump’s administration proudly defended the FBI raid of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home. Officials insisted that Natanson should have “returned” classified information that she allegedly received while invoking President Barack Obama’s attacks on freedom of the press to excuse their intensified assaults on the

US Judge Dismisses Wiretapping Charges In DOJ Prosecution Against A Journalist

US Judge Dismisses Wiretapping Charges In DOJ Prosecution Against A Journalist

A United States judge dismissed charges against journalist Timothy Burke that he violated a federal wiretapping law when he obtained and shared unaired portions of a Fox News interview between Tucker Carlson and Kanye West. “Burke raises significant First Amendment concerns if the Wiretap Act facially prohibits the mere acquisition

In Unprecedented Move, Judge Keeps CIA Employee Facing Espionage Act Charges In Jail

In Unprecedented Move, Judge Keeps CIA Employee Facing Espionage Act Charges In Jail

The following article was made possible by paid subscribers of The Dissenter. Become a subscriber and support independent journalism on press freedom, whistleblowing, and government secrecy. On December 11, five days after Magistrate Judge Ivan Davis ordered accused CIA leaker Asif William Rahman to be released from jail, District Judge

DOJ Upholds Rights Of Media To Cover Protests, Even After Dispersal Order

DOJ Upholds Rights Of Media To Cover Protests, Even After Dispersal Order

Inside The Assange Plea Deal: Why The US Government Abruptly Ended The Case

Inside The Assange Plea Deal: Why The US Government Abruptly Ended The Case

US prosecutors brushed aside calls to end the case against the WikiLeaks founder—until a British appeals court granted a hearing on the First Amendment.

Resolution In US Congress Calls For End To Assange Case As Extradition Nears

Resolution In US Congress Calls For End To Assange Case As Extradition Nears

Thanks for being a paid subscriber to The Dissenter. The following is an exclusive article. But while billing is paused in December, exclusive articles published this month are available to everyone. Become a paid subscriber and support independent journalism on whistleblowing, government secrecy, and press freedom. A resolution in support

US Says If CIA-Backed Embassy Security Opened Phones Of Assange Visitors, It Was Constitutional

US Says If CIA-Backed Embassy Security Opened Phones Of Assange Visitors, It Was Constitutional

“There are several cases,” U.S. Attorney Jean-David Barnea argued, “that say that by giving your phone to someone else, you have relinquished your expectation of privacy.”