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The FBI’s raid of journalist’s home was the product of decades of backsliding

The trend of invading newsrooms, in violation of federal law, has now spread to the highest levels of the federal government

The Guardian - US

Trump Can Take Revenge on the 'Deep State': Pardon Snowden

Why Edward Snowden deserves not only a presidential pardon, but a hero's welcome home.

Reason

Nixon’s official acts against his enemies list led to a bipartisan impeachment effort

The Nixon administration’s enemies list inspired bipartisan revulsion. Its purpose was, in the immortal words of President Richard Nixon’s White House counsel, to “use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies.”

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The new nuclear threat: Worse than ever

Nuclear arsenals are vastly more powerful today than during the Cold War — and the risk of apocalypse keeps growing

Salon

Iran Hawks Are Falling for the 'Evil Wizard' Theory of Geopolitics

Assassinating enemy leaders isn’t a silver bullet for solving international conflict.

Reason

The best documentaries about political figures, from Klitschko to Navalny

These excellent films shine a light on some of history’s most important officials and activists

Evening Standard

Trump’s dangerous attacks on rule of law have US historical precedents

Past politicians tried to undermine democracy. They failed because Americans refused to tolerate their wrongdoing

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The quiet war on press freedom

It happened under Trump — and under Obama: The U.S. is using bad law to crack down on investigative journalism

Salon

Stella Assange: 'it's too late for Navalny, but it's not too late for my husband Julian'

As the imprisoned Wikileaks founder’s fate comes to a head this week, his wife tells Katie Strick how she keeps her spirits high while trying to save her husband’s life

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on Julian Assange: why he should not be extradited

Editorial: Sending him to be tried in the United States would be an unacceptable act against the WikiLeaks founder – and against journalism

The Guardian - UK

Five of the best books about whistleblowers

From the Horizon scandal and Watergate to the blog post that brought down the CEO of Uber, these works of nonfiction throw some light on those brave enough to speak truth to power

The Guardian - UK

Daniel Ellsberg: whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers

The “most important whistleblower of our times”, Daniel Ellsberg was the military analyst who smuggled hundreds of pages of top secret material about US actions in Vietnam out of his office at the Rand Corporation, and shared them with a reporter from The New York Times, said The Guardian.

The Week

Donald Trump has been charged under the US Espionage Act – but is this 1917 law still up to the job?

An audio recording of former US president Donald Trump discussing holding secret documents has been leaked to CNN. This could form part of the ongoing investigation into Trump’s alleged misuse of classified documents. He has been charged with 37 violations of the US Espionage Act, and pleaded not guilty.

The Conversation

The New York Times worried that publishing the Pentagon Papers would destroy the newspaper — and the reputation of the US

The late Daniel Ellsberg was a former government contractor who leaked the classified history of the Vietnam War known as the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times.

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Time is running out for Julian Assange. If MPs do not act, how can they say they value free speech?

The WikiLeaks founder faces extradition and an uncertain fate in the US. Our judges and politicians must intervene, says writer Duncan Campbell

Reason

FTC Chair Lina Khan Ignored Ethics Official's Advice About Meta Case, Then Said She Didn't

Plus: RIP Daniel Ellsberg, the Pioneers of Capitalism, and more...

The Guardian - US

Ellsberg and Trump both took classified documents. Their reasons couldn’t be more different

A great truth teller has left us. A liar whose mendacity has no equal remains for us to deal with

The Guardian - US

Daniel Ellsberg was one of history’s most consequential figures

May we all one day have as much courage – in life and in death – as Daniel Ellsberg

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Daniel Ellsberg obituary

Whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers showing that the American public had been misled about the Vietnam war

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Daniel Ellsberg, who exposed US pretext for Vietnam War, dead at 92

Daniel Ellsberg, the military analyst whose change of heart on the Vietnam War led him to leak the classified Pentagon Papers has died at 92

Reason

RIP Daniel Ellsberg, Who Told the World the Truth About the Vietnam War

The Pentagon Papers leaker risked prison to reveal that American military officials were lying to Congress and the public about Vietnam. He died today at age 92.

Salon

Daniel Ellsberg leaves us a message

The legendary Vietnam War whistleblower leaves a much bigger legacy: He hoped to prevent nuclear catastrophe

The Independent UK

Like Daniel Ellsberg, others who leaked US government secrets have been seen as traitors and heroes

Daniel Ellsberg’s decision to leak the Pentagon Papers made him an instant hero to opponents and a traitor in the eyes of the White House

Al Jazeera

Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower, dies at 92

Ellsberg was famous for exposing government deception on the US war in Vietnam and advocated for whistleblower rights.

Bangkok Post

Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg dead at 92

NEW YORK - Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower who leaked the "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War -- changing public perceptions of the conflict -- died on Friday, his family announced. He was 92.

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