Roisin Davis / TruthdigJul 20, 2015
In an interview, Assange describes WikiLeaks' recent progress, saying that the site now "has more than 10 million documents and associated analyses." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigJun 5, 2015
WikiLeaks has posted 17 documents about TISA -- a giant, controversial global trade deal being negotiated among the U.S. and 23 other countries. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 20, 2015
German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has said the U.S. government threatened to stop sharing intelligence with Germany if Berlin gave asylum to the National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden or otherwise arranged for him to travel there. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigJan 10, 2015
The U.S. government has treated principled whistle-blowers like treasonous spies, yet Attorney General Eric Holder has reportedly ignored recommendations from his own FBI and Justice Department to prosecute former CIA chief David Petraeus. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 17, 2014
Leaks reveal more insight into the NSA and GCHQ and the collection of nearly 200 million text messages a day. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigNov 27, 2013
Should the world's busiest curator of information relocate its databanks to another country in light of the NSA hacking revelations? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigNov 18, 2013
An inquiry by Florida Congressman Alan Grayson compelled Attorney General Eric Holder to state that "any journalist who's engaged in true journalistic activities is not going to be prosecuted by [the U.S.] Justice Department." But as civil liberties journalist Glenn Greenwald points out, the assertion is riddled with caveats. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigOct 1, 2013
Officials leak secrets compulsively to advance careers or justify wars and are far more threatening to national security than Edward Snowden.
Officials leak secrets compulsively to advance careers or justify wars and are far more threatening to national security than Edward Snowden. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
BLANKSep 27, 2013
Four months after a leak was first noticed in a northern Alberta, Canada, tar sands field, operators still don't know what caused it or how to stop it. Now a lake will be drained to try to find the source -- a catastrophe that points up the industry's failure to understand its own processes. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
BLANKSep 18, 2013
Environmentalists and state inspectors are trying to track thousands of oil and gas wells, pipelines and fracking storage tanks to determine the scope of impairment from the region's massive floods. "They're just overwhelmed," one expert says. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
BLANKSep 1, 2013
Radiation at the bottom of a storage tank jumped to a level that can kill a person in four hours. So far, it hasn't leaked, but Tokyo Electric Power says it doesn't know how the spike occurred. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 30, 2013
This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Robert Scheer interviews the godfather of principled leakers about Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning, Edward Snowden and President Obama's "unprecedented campaign against whistle-blowing." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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