Tag: Espionage Act
Julian Assange’s fateful anniversary
On top of Assange’s individual case, the current health crisis is expanding the surveillance state in ways likely not dreamed of by authorities in most countries until this very moment.
Edward Snowden: If I came back to the U.S., I would...
After sharing the documents with reporters in 2013, Snowden was charged in the U.S. for violating the Espionage Act and other laws.
Bernie Sanders pledges to end prosecution of whistleblowers
Progressives hail Sanders’ pledge to end the use of this out-dated act.
Obama should have repealed the 1917 Espionage Act in addition to...
Obama and Holder have bequeathed yet another tool of authoritarianism to the incoming Trumpian troglodytes.
Jailed for Speaking to the Press: How the Obama Admin Ruined...
After being accused of discussing classified documents on North Korea with a Fox News reporter, Stephen Kim was sentenced to 13 months in prison for violating the Espionage Act. Peter Maass, award-winning investigative journalist, discusses the case on Democracy Now.
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You deserve our hatred Elon. Your budget cuts are killing people.
Could Elon and his savage cuts to USAID. cause a subsequent resurgence of drug resistant TB?
Since 1975, $79 trillion has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top...
Has this massive redistribution, driven by policies favoring corporations and the wealthy, reshaped the American economy?
The CDC buried a measles forecast that stressed the need for vaccinations
The agency would have emphasized the importance of vaccinating people against the highly contagious and potentially deadly disease that has spread to 19 states, the records show.
How worker-owned news outlets are changing the media industry
For growing numbers of media companies, employee ownership offers journalistic freedom and job stability.
Make America Worse – the corrosive blueprint driving Muskrat-Trump’s high-risk demolition derby
Where’s the great Trump hustle, what he does best, that promises the moon while taking away the earth? The battle is now how much scorched earth Trump inflicts without any positive deliverables to offset the pain.