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Journalism
Congressman Calls on President Obama to Pardon CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou
While whistleblowers risk Espionage Act charges by telling the public about government misconduct, high-level government officials regularly leak classified information favorable to the government without consequences.
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Forbes Writer Smears Snowden, Misses the Boat: The NSA’s Programs Aren’t About Stopping Terrorism
Paranoid crank? Has Mr. Tamny ever worked as a technical specialist for US intelligence?
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If Journalists Ever Stop Uncovering Abuses of Power, We Will Lose Our Democracy
James Risen exposes more about the reality of greed, power and endless war in his new book.
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Journalists Silenced as Killers Walk Free
It's not just one story, it's not just one journalist that is killed, the whole media community feels intimidated.
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President Who Had Yemeni Journalist Jailed Criticizes Impunity for Mistreatment of Journalists
Shaye was kept in prison for an additional two and a half years after Obama's intervention.
Official Sources May Be the Only Sources
Risen case tests reporters' power to reveal government wrongdoing.
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More Than a Number: Violence and Freedom of Expression in Honduras
In today's Honduras, the inalienable freedom of expression has been violently repressed in the form of frequent attacks committed against journalists.
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Fed Whistleblower Carmen Segarra, Snowden and the Closing of the Journalistic Mind
Most journalists are afraid to rock the access journalism boat and do real sleuthing.
The CIA/MSM Contra-Cocaine Cover-Up
With Hollywood set to release a movie about the Contra-cocaine scandal and the destruction of journalist Gary Webb, an internal CIA report has surfaced showing how the spy agency …
Game of Thrones, The Wire and the New York Fed
In the United States, for the most part, you don't have to do anything illegal: the system takes care of it for you.