Ecuador Reportedly Offers Sanctuary to Assange

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 15, 2012 Sources within the Ecuadorean government report that President Rafael Correa has agreed to grant asylum to Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder who is wanted by Sweden for alleged sexual misconduct, and by the United States for publishing state secrets. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Government Says Manning Knew He Was ‘Aiding the Enemy’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 18, 2012 The U.S. government claims it has proof that Pfc. Bradley Manning knew state secrets would fall into the hands of enemies of the United States after he allegedly passed thousands of documents to the whistle-blowing site WikiLeaks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Brits Demand That Assange Turn Himself In

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 28, 2012 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been ordered to surrender himself to British police by Friday morning. Assange violated his house arrest to seek political asylum inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London last week. He is hoping to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he faces questioning for alleged sex crimes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Julian Assange

Staff / Truthdig Jun 23, 2012 Few people have so fully devoted their lives to exposing abuses of power as WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange . Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

China’s Social Media Hall of Mirrors

Staff / Truthdig Apr 18, 2012 Social media in China is blurring the lines between facts, lies and rumors, as evidenced by the Bo Xilai case; some homophobic video gamers are in an uproar about characters identifying as homosexual, bisexual or transgender; meanwhile, Hillary Clinton has made it back into young voters' good graces. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Supreme Court Likely to Endorse Obama’s War on Whistle-Blowers

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Mar 12, 2012 The Supreme Court is expected to uphold the use of the Espionage Act of 1917 to punish those who expose war crimes and state lies. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Why No One Would Listen

By Eyal Press, TomDispatch Mar 7, 2012 What’s worse: to be persecuted and indicted for trying to expose an act of wrongdoing? Or -- like so many in the corporate and financial world -- to be ignored for doing so? Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Silent State: Washington’s Campaign Against Whistle-Blowers

By Peter Van Buren, TomDispatch Feb 10, 2012 There can be little doubt that government retaliation against whistle-blowers is not an isolated event, nor even an agency-by-agency practice. The number of cases in play suggests an organized strategy to deprive Americans of knowledge of the more disreputable things their government does. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Justice Dept. Drops AIPAC Spy Case

Staff / Truthdig May 1, 2009 President Obama's Justice Department has moved to drop all espionage charges against two former AIPAC lobbyists after they were accused of disseminating sensitive information to journalists and diplomats gleaned from conversations with senior Bush administration officials. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )