The Russia Collusion Investigation Is Entangling Whistleblowers & Journalists

The Russia collusion investigation has now merged with another establishment goal of isolating and intimidating whistleblowers and other dissidents.

Dennis J Bernstein
By Dennis J Bernstein
Whistleblower by Jared Rodriguez for Truthout

The Russia-gate investigation has reached into the ranks of journalism with the House Intelligence Committee’s subpoena of Randy Credico, who produced a series about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for Pacifica Radio and apparently is suspected of having passed on early word about leaked Democratic emails to Donald Trump’s supporter Roger

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Intelligence Official Overseeing Whistleblowing Cases Blows Whistle Himself

McClatchy says claims “add to a barrage of allegations that the federal government’s handling of whistleblower cases is flawed.”

Deirdre Fulton
By Deirdre Fulton
Whistleblower

An official charged with investigating whistleblower cases within the U.S. intelligence community is himself blowing the whistle on alleged "public corruption," according to new reporting by McClatchy. Journalist Marisa Taylor describes Daniel Meyer as "the Obama administration's top official overseeing how intelligence agencies handle

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How One Film Gave Voice To Three Whistleblowers The US Government Tried To Silence

“Silenced,” a film directed by James Spione has tapped into a zeitgeist moment, when people all over the world are deeply concerned about powers their government has claimed to protect security which infringe upon civil liberties, press freedom, and openness in government.

Kevin Gosztola
By Kevin Gosztola
World premiere of "Silenced" at Tribeca Film Festival / via James Spione

This article was published in partnership with Shadowproof. “A person never feels as alone as when the weight of the entire U.S. government is coming down on your head, when Espionage Act charges are being filed against you despite the fact you haven’t committed espionage, and when your personal, financial, and social life are ruined,” John

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Sacrifices In Journalism And Whistleblowing: A Tribute to Truth-Tellers

Whistleblowing was the buzzword of 2013 and 2014. Snowden and Assange are the big names splashed around headlines, but they’re not the only ones going to great lengths to preserve the Fourth Estate and, in doing so, saving democracy.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese
Julian Assange

James Risen James Risen, Pulitzer Prize winning reporter with the New York Times, addresses a luncheon at the Associated Press Media Editors conference in Chicago. The Justice Department has ruled out forcing Risen to divulge his source in the upcoming trial of a former CIA officer accused of leaking classified information, a person familiar with

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