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Air National Guardsman Arrested For Pentagon Documents Leak Will Likely Face Espionage Act Charges

Air National Guardsman Arrested For Pentagon Documents Leak Will Likely Face Espionage Act Charges

A 21-year-old reservist in the United States Air National Guard suspected of leaking Pentagon documents to an invite-only group on Discord was arrested by the FBI outside his home in North Dighton, Massachusetts. Jack Teixeira was not immediately charged with a crime, however, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland stated

Justice Department Fights Lawsuit Over Secret JFK Files

Justice Department Fights Lawsuit Over Secret JFK Files

This article was funded by paid subscribers of The Dissenter Newsletter. Become a monthly paid subscriber to help us publish more independent journalism. The United States Justice Department (DOJ) will fight a lawsuit intended to force President Joe Biden and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to release records

Every Official Everywhere With Classified Documents All At Once: A Conversation With John Kiriakou

Every Official Everywhere With Classified Documents All At Once: A Conversation With John Kiriakou

US Justice Department Unwilling To Bow To Pressure To Drop Charges Against Assange

US Justice Department Unwilling To Bow To Pressure To Drop Charges Against Assange

Doctors: COVID Infection And Lockdown Are Further Reason To Release Assange

Doctors: COVID Infection And Lockdown Are Further Reason To Release Assange

Doctors For Assange sent a letter to United States Attorney General Merrick Garland and the United Kingdom Home Secretary Suella Braverman yet again expressing their concern about the deteriorating health of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The coalition of over 300 doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, and other medical professionals have repeatedly called

LIVE: Hands Off Assange Rally

LIVE: Hands Off Assange Rally

*Thanks to Consortium News for streaming the Hands Off Assange rally at the Justice Department. I will be speaking at a rally outside the US Justice Department, which is scheduled for 12-3pm ET. The action was organized in support of the "Surround Parliament" human chain event in London

Interview With National Security Journalist William Arkin: FBI Faces Political Disaster

This article was funded by paid subscribers of The Dissenter Newsletter. Become an annual paid subscriber to help us continue our independent journalism. In 2019, longtime national security journalist William Arkin appeared on "Democracy Now!" and spoke out against liberals in the United States who believed the FBI