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Chelsea Manning and the New Inquisition

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Mar 18, 2019 The whistleblower is back behind bars as the government continues to try to hide its crimes. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

In Defense of Julian Assange and Free Speech

John Pilger / Truthdig Mar 31, 2018 A group of high-profile signatories calls on the Ecuadorean government to allow Julian Assange his right of freedom of speech. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

We Value Belonging More Than Privacy

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 22, 2012 In his new book on the global surveillance machine, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and co-authors fail to give the societywide fear “of being lonely and left out” its proper credit as a driver of totalitarianism, Laurie Penny writes on New Statesman. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Forget ‘Cellphone,’ That’s a ‘Tracker’ in Your Pocket

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 16, 2012 Mobile phone service providers collect user information and share it with the government, to the tune of at least 1.3 million disclosures per year. What if our nomenclature reflected that? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The World Tomorrow: Cypherpunks

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 16, 2012 WikiLeaks' Julian Assange convened a small meeting of friends and leading Web activists from around the world to discuss the future of the free and private flow of information on the Internet. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The NSA Is Watching You

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Apr 26, 2012 Three targeted Americans: A career government intelligence official, a filmmaker and a hacker. None of these U.S. citizens was charged with a crime, but they have been tracked, surveilled, detained -- sometimes at gunpoint -- and interrogated, with no access to a lawyer. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )