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Here's What the White House's "Secret" Plan to Close Guantanamo Looks Like

<![CDATA[// ><!]]> Last month, hours before a Senate subcommittee held a hearing on shuttering the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, the White House circulated a two-page document to Congress that contained the administration's plans for …

Published Aug. 22, 2013 Jason Leopold

Freedom of the Press Foundation Condemns the Egregious Sentence of Bradley Manning

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Bradley Manning, the army intelligence analyst who brought hundreds of thousands of documents to the public through the whistleblower website WikiLeaks, was sentenced today to 35 years in prison. (You can read the full transcript of the judge's sentence here.) This harsh overreaction is intended to send a message …

Published Aug. 21, 2013 Rainey Reitman

UK Authorities Destroy Guardian's Hard Drives, Force Journalists to Report NSA Stories In Exile

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Fresh off the news that UK authorities detained the partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald for nine hours yesterday, Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger has published an extraordinary report of government pressure and intimidation that should send chills down the spine of anyone who cares about a free press. Rusbridger, …

Published Aug. 19, 2013 Trevor Timm

Investigating Acts of Journalism Under 'Terrorism' Laws Is A Hallmark of Authoritarian Regimes

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In an outrageous and unacceptable attack on press freedom, Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald’s partner, David Miranda, was detained for almost nine hours at Heathrow airport in London earlier today under section 7 of the UK’s pernicious Terrorism Act. Miranda was returning to his home in Brazil after a week-long visit …

Published Aug. 18, 2013 Trevor Timm

Why Edward Snowden Cannot Receive a Fair Trial in the United States

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There are a multitude of errors in the one paragraph Thomas Friedman dedicated to Edward Snowden in his New York Times column yesterday (Snowden’s leak was the opposite of a “data dump;” he didn’t “flee” to Russia, the U.S. trapped him there; “authentic” whistleblowers are punished all the time), …

Published Aug. 15, 2013 Trevor Timm

Bradley Manning Did Not Hurt the United States

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In his sentencing hearing yesterday, Bradley Manning took the stand and apologized for the "hurt" he inflicted on the United States. While the legal strategy of Manning’s attorney at this point—as it would be for any attorney—is to convince the judge to reduce Manning's sentence as much as …

Published Aug. 15, 2013 Rainey Reitman

Security, Secrecy and the Democratic Demands of an Informed Public

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The American experiment is premised on the idea that an informed public is central to self-governance and a functioning democracy. But today, that fundamental idea is being challenged, at times by the very people – journalists and the media – who should be its staunchest defenders. In a new …

Published Aug. 9, 2013 Josh Stearns

New York Times Dangerously Ignores Its Own Words In Calling For Extradition of Edward Snowden

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In a move that should be worrying for all whistleblowers, the New York Times editorial board has essentially called for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden to be extradited from Russia, saying that he had no rightful claim to asylum.

Published Aug. 7, 2013 Trevor Timm

Bradley Manning Espionage Act Conviction a Blow to Both Whistleblowers and Journalists

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In the most important trial affecting whistleblower rights in years, Bradley Manning—the admitted source to the WikiLeaks disclosures—has been convicted on nineteen counts, including multiple Espionage Act and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act charges. He faces over 100 years in jail. While the most pernicious charge, “aiding the …

Published July 30, 2013 Trevor Timm

Revealed: The 95 FOIA Requests Flagged for Pentagon Approval

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A few weeks ago, the nonpartisan organization Cause of Action posted a story on its website about a secret Pentagon policy that calls for certain Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests that may generate media attention to first be approved by the Pentagon. Naturally, I was eager to find …

Published July 28, 2013 Jason Leopold

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