Opinion

Five Reasons Biden Should Drop Julian Assange’s Extradition

Bill Blum / The Progressive Apr 4, 2024 For starters, negotiating a plea deal would help shore up flagging support on the left. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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A Century of Repression: The Espionage Act and Freedom of the Press

Ralph Engelman, Carey Shenkman / University of Illinois Press Jan 3, 2023 How the Espionage Act of 1917 is the most important yet least understood law threatening freedom of the press in modern American history. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Leaked Report Shows United Nations Suffered Hack

JAMEY KEATEN and FRANK BAJAK / The Associated Press Jan 29, 2020 An official says it is possible a state-backed actor might have been behind last year's infiltration of U.N. offices in Geneva and Vienna. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

A Tough Time to Be CIA, NPR Reports

Belén Fernández / FAIR Jan 6, 2019 Current and former CIA officials are the only sources for a story that ignores the agency's use of torture. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

John Kiriakou: Haspel Is the Wrong Woman for the CIA

Staff / Truthdig Apr 6, 2018 Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer and CIA whistleblower Kiriakou discuss the nomination of Gina Haspel as the spy agency's director. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )

Security Pro Peter Kornbluh: What Government Has Been Hiding (Audio and Transcript)

Staff and Robert Scheer / Truthdig Nov 10, 2017 In a conversation with Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer, the National Security Archive analyst reveals what recently declassified documents tell us about Cuba, JFK and Che Guevara. [Transcript added.] Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )

Hillary Clinton Email Investigation Shows Inherent Unfairness in U.S. Justice System

John Kiriakou / Truthdig Jul 9, 2016 The next time someone faces charges related to blowing the whistle, the defendant should ask for the Hillary Clinton/David Petraeus special treatment. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

John Kiriakou Says the FBI Tried to Entrap Him and Charge Him With Espionage

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Mar 17, 2016 The whistleblower alleges that when he was a Senate investigator, agents of the bureau cooked up a scheme against him involving an undercover agent posing as a foreign diplomat. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

War Zone Tactics Come Home as Pentagon Admits Domestic Spy Drone Use

By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams Mar 10, 2016 "The appetite to use surveillance drones in the domestic environment to collect airborne imagery continues to grow," an internal report states. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Pre-Charge Punishment of Julian Assange

Amy Goodman / Truthdig May 28, 2015 When I went to London to interview him in the embassy this week, Assange asserted his belief that this pretrial phase is serving as both punishment and deterrent, and that Sweden is acting as a surrogate for the United States, which wants him jailed to stop the work of WikiLeaks. Assange asserted his belief that this pretrial phase is serving as both punishment and deterrent, and that Sweden is acting as a surrogate for the United States, which wants him jailed to stop the work of WikiLeaks. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Time to Tame the Monster

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Aug 6, 2014 The CIA now admits that it spied on a Senate investigation into the agency's shameful program of secret detention and torture. Do we need any more proof that the spooks are out of control? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

German Official Says Manual Typewriters May Be the Answer to NSA Spying

Staff / Truthdig Jul 16, 2014 The idea has since been dismissed by other German politicians, but on a morning talk show, Patrick Sensburg, who is leading the Bundestag's investigation into NSA surveillance, said the government has considered using non-electronic typewriters. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )