Kevin Gosztola

Kevin Gosztola is managing editor of Shadowproof Press. He also produces and co-hosts the weekly podcast, "Unauthorized Disclosure."

10 Senate Democrats Kill a Bill to End US Military Involvement in Yemen

If ten Democrats who voted to kill the resolution had instead voted no, an extraordinary debate on Saudi Arabia and U.S. support for the war in Yemen would have taken place.

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The United States Senate killed a resolution introduced by Independent Senator Bernie Sanders and Republican Senator Mike Lee to withdraw U.S. military support for the Saudi war in Yemen. By a vote of 55-44, the resolution was tabled. A simple majority was required to kill the resolution. If ten Democrats who voted to kill the resolution had

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Civil Rights Groups Push for Release of DHS ‘Race Paper’ on Surveillance of Black Activists

“Given the long-standing and unconstitutional pattern of state surveillance of black-led political movements, it bears repeating that FOIA is about transparency, not protecting government agencies from embarrassment.”

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A young boy holds his fist up while wearing tape over his mouth during a Black Lives Matter protest at an entrance to Lenox Square Mall in Atlanta, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, in response to the police shooting deaths of Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Okla. and Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, N.C. The Black Lives Matter chapter of Atlanta is boycotting major retailers following the recent police shooting deaths involving black men.

The Department of Homeland Security has refused to release any version of a report that the agency’s Intelligence and Analysis Office produced and referred to as the “Race Paper.” In response, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and Color of Change, one of the United States’ largest racial justice organizations, filed a motion to force

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Navy Sailor’s Pardon Highlights Two-Tiered Justice System for Leaks

While Trump pardoned a Navy sailor, the Trump administration zealously pursues a case against NSA contractor Reality Winner for allegedly disclosing a top secret NSA report on alleged Russian hacking of voter registration systems to the press. So how do the cases compare?

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Kristian Saucier (left) and Reality Winner (right).

President Donald Trump pardoned Navy sailor Kristian Saucier, who pled guilty to violating the Espionage Act after he took photos with his cell phone of a “nuclear attack submarine.” He also destroyed evidence after FBI and NCIS agents interrogated him. Trump’s motive for issuing a pardon for “unauthorized retention of defense information”

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New Documents Reveal FBI’s “Cozy” Relationship with Geek Squad

New documents obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation show that the FBI maintained a close relationship with Best Buy, and used their Geek Squad employees as paid informants.

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Geek Squad Agents cheer the arrival of a "tricked-out" Geekmobile from West Coast Customs at Geek Squad City, Dec. 7, 2012 in Louisville, Ky. (Photo: Joe Imel/Invision/AP)

Throughout the past ten years, the FBI has at varying points in time maintained a particularly close relationship with Best Buy officials and used the company’s Geek Squad employees as informants. But the FBI refuses to confirm or deny key information about how the agency may potentially circumvent computer owners’ Fourth Amendment rights. The

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No, Republicans Did Not Expose Efforts by Russia to Fuel Pipeline Protests

A report by Republicans recycles unsubstantiated news suggesting the Russian government was behind anti-fracking activism in the U.S.

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A “staff report” from Republicans on the United States House Science, Space, and Technology Committee offers little evidence to prove allegations of Russian efforts to influence U.S. energy markets through “social media propaganda” to incite pipeline protests. Nonetheless, the report, pushed by Republican chairman Representative Lamar Smith,

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UK Court Blocks Hacktivist’s Extradition Over Oppressive US Prison Conditions

The UK’s High Court of Justice quashed the extradition of activist and computer scientist Lauri Love because prison conditions could result in his death if transferred to the United States to stand trial.

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Lauri Love waves to supporters outside The Royal Courts of Justice in London, Monday, Feb. 5, 2018. The ruling in Lauri Love's appeal against extradition to the United States, where he faces solitary confinement and a potential 99 year prison sentence, will be handed down on Monday Feb. 5 at the Royal Courts of Justice. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

In a landmark decision, the United Kingdom’s High Court of Justice quashed the extradition of activist and computer scientist Lauri Love because it is possible prison conditions would result in his death if transferred to the United States to stand trial. Love was indicted three-to-five years ago by three federal district courts for allegedly

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Defense: Government Burdens Reality Winner To Excuse FBI Violating Her Rights

Reality Winner is an NSA contractor accused of leaking a classified document to The Intercept. She was charged with violating the Espionage Act and is currently in detention awaiting trial.

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Accused NSA whistleblower, Reality Winner, leaves the U.S. District Courthouse in Augusta, Ga., following a bond hearing on June 8, 2017. (Photo: Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle/AP)

Defense attorneys for NSA whistleblower Reality Winner contend whether she asked to end her FBI interrogation or leave her home when agents arrived has “little bearing” on whether she was in custody and deserved to be read her rights. Winner is an NSA contractor who is accused of mailing a classified document on Russian hacking to The Intercept.

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