Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg: Ukraine Plot Shows Trump Now A 'Domestic Enemy Of The Constitution'

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Cambridge Whistleblower Reveals 'Concerning' Link To Russia

Bank of America Whistle-blower Bombshell: “We Were Told to Lie” to Rip Off Borrowers | Alternet

Bank of America Whistle-blower Bombshell: “We Were Told to Lie” to Rip Off Borrowers | Alternet
"Bank of America’s mortgage servicing unit systematically lied to homeowners, fraudulently denied loan modifications, and paid their staff bonuses for deliberately pushing people into foreclosure"

I am Bradley Manning

Whistleblowers May Save Democracy

A Salute to Bradley Manning, Whistleblower, As We Hear His Words for the First Time | Common Dreams

A Salute to Bradley Manning, Whistleblower, As We Hear His Words for the First Time | Common Dreams
"Whoever made this recording, and I don't know who the person is, has done the American public a great service. This marks the first time the American public can hear Bradley Manning, in his own voice explain what he did and how he did it."

Leaked: Bradley Manning's Military Court Testimony

Leaked: Bradley Manning's Military Court Testimony
"In this newly released audio, Private Bradley Manning explains his motives, noting how he believed the WikiLeaks documents showed wrongdoing by the government and how he hoped that the release would "spark a domestic debate on the role of the military and our foreign policy in general as it related to Iraq and Afghanistan"."

Bradley Manning: The Conscience of America | Common Dreams

Bradley Manning: The Conscience of America | Common Dreams
"Hopefully, Bradley Manning’s statement will someday be read in classrooms all across the country as example of the duty each of us has to act in the face of criminality and evil.  Hopefully, he will be free to add to the discussion, remark on his terrible ordeal and be recognized as the hero he is. But no matter how long he is imprisoned, we all must recognize that to lock him up for even a day is to lock up the conscience of our nation."

Glenn Greenwald on Bradley Manning: Prosecutor Overreach

Bradley Manning: The Face of Heroism | Common Dreams

Bradley Manning: The Face of Heroism | Common Dreams
"Heroism is a slippery and ambiguous concept. But whatever it means, it is embodied by Bradley Manning and the acts which he unflinchingly acknowledged today he chose to undertake. The combination of extreme government secrecy, a supine media (see the prior two columns), and a disgracefully subservient judiciary means that the only way we really learn about what our government does is when the Daniel Ellsbergs - and Bradley Mannings - of the world risk their own personal interest and liberty to alert us. Daniel Ellberg is now widely viewed as heroic and noble, and Bradley Manning (as Ellsberg himself hasrepeatedly said) merits that praise and gratitude every bit as much."

Five More States Consider ‘Ag Gag’ Laws To Silence Factory Farm Whistleblowers

Five More States Consider ‘Ag Gag’ Laws To Silence Factory Farm Whistleblowers: As state legislatures begin their 2013 sessions, a flurry of new “ag gag” bills to protect factory farms from potential undercover whistleblowers have been introduced in 5 states. This week, the Indiana Senate is debating a proposal to criminalize taking photographs or videos inside an agricultural or industrial operation without permission. Senate Bill 373 is [...]/p

Brennan and Kiriakou, Drones and Torture | Common Dreams

Brennan and Kiriakou, Drones and Torture | Common Dreams
"John Brennan and John Kiriakou worked together years ago, but their careers have dramatically diverged. Brennan is now on track to head the CIA, while Kiriakou is headed off to prison. Each of their fates is tied to the so-called war on terror, which under President George W. Bush provoked worldwide condemnation. President Barack Obama rebranded the war on terror innocuously as “overseas contingency operations,” but, rather than retrench from the odious practices of his predecessor, Obama instead escalated. His promotion of Brennan, and his prosecution of Kiriakou, demonstrate how the recent excesses of U.S. presidential power are not transient aberrations, but the creation of a frightening new normal, where drone strikes, warrantless surveillance, assassination and indefinite detention are conducted with arrogance and impunity, shielded by secrecy and beyond the reach of law."

Kiriakou Defenders Hope to Get Whistle-Blower’s Prison Sentence Commuted - Truthdig

Kiriakou Defenders Hope to Get Whistle-Blower’s Prison Sentence Commuted - Truthdig
"High-profile defenders of John Kiriakou have written President Barack Obama to request that he commute the whistle-blower’s sentence or pardon him.

Kiriakou was charged with violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, allegedly disclosing classified information to members of the news media after speaking out against waterboarding in 2007. He pleaded guilty in October as part of an agreement that would sentence him to 30 months in prison."

CIA Torture Whistleblower Sentenced to 30 Months | Common Dreams

CIA Torture Whistleblower Sentenced to 30 Months | Common Dreams
"CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou was sentenced to 2 ½ years in prison on Friday for what critics of his prosecution are calling trumped-up charges by the Department of Justice for his exposure of the spy agency's torture program established by the former Bush administration."

The FBI Is Collecting Everybody’s Emails, Former NSA Official Warns

The FBI Is Collecting Everybody’s Emails, Former NSA Official Warns: Twelve years ago, William Binney resigned from his post as a technical director at the National Security Agency over its domestic surveillance program. “The reason I left the NSA was because they started spying on everybody in the country,” he said in August. In light of revelations from the scandal surrounding General David Petraeus that [...]/p