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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 · Jan 15

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 · Jul 8, 2025

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.”

The Conversation · Dec 18, 2024

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 · Mar 16, 2024

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 · Feb 20, 2024

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 · Feb 18, 2024

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 · Jan 12, 2024

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 · Jun 29, 2023

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 · Jun 29, 2023

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.

The Conversation · Jun 28, 2023