Judge Holds Former Fox News Correspondent In Contempt For Protecting Source Former Fox News correspondent faces a fine of $800 per day if she does not win her appeal
Biden Justice Department Makes An Example Out Of IRS Whistleblower President Joe Biden's campaign seized on IRS whistleblower Charles Littlejohn's revelations about Trump's tax returns. Instead of honoring Littlejohn, the Justice Department sought one of the harshest prison sentences ever.
In Leak Prosecutions, US Government Treats Use Of Privacy Tools As Criminal Activity The following article was made possible by paid subscribers of The Dissenter. Become a subscriber and support independent journalism in defense of press freedom. In Espionage Act prosecutions involving leaks, attorneys at the United States (DOJ) consistently treat the use of privacy tools as evidence of criminality. This tendency should
The Myth Of Daniel Ellsberg As The 'Good Leaker' The following article was made possible by paid subscribers. Support independent journalism on whistleblowers and press freedom and become a subscriber. Even as Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg closes in on the end of an incredible and impactful life, the Washington Post and the pundit class still cannot resist using
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