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 )

War Is Too Tragic for Weak Balance of Powers

By Dina Rasor, Truthout Feb 26, 2012 Many people know Daniel Ellsberg exposed the lies the U.S. government used to justify the Vietnam War. What many don't know is that he was also a gung-ho, Cold War analyst who participated in them. 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 )

Bradley Manning and the Fog of War

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Dec 21, 2011 Accused whistle-blower Pvt. Bradley Manning turned 24 Saturday. He spent his birthday in a pretrial military hearing that could ultimately lead to a sentence of life … or death. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

’60 Minutes’ Shames Justice Dept. Over Wall Street

Staff / Truthdig Dec 5, 2011 "60 Minutes" got tired of waiting for the Justice Department to prosecute the big banks that caused the financial crisis, so Steve Kroft and his producers went out and built their own cases. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

American Officials Enjoy Lives Without Shame

Derek Lazzaro / Truthdig Sep 3, 2011 Three recent news headlines illustrate how shameless some American officials have become when it comes to breaking the rules or messing up and pretending that everything is still OK. They also prove that in modern America, it’s possible for screwups to continue their lives and careers with hardly a blip.Three recent news headlines illustrate how, in modern America, it's possible for some well-placed screwups with the right connections to continue their lives and careers with hardly a blip. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Sex Slavery and Impotent Outrage

Richard Schickel / Truthdig Aug 7, 2011 In the summer, when we are always in the mood for fun and frolic, "The Whistleblower" is an easy movie to ignore. But we should not. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Magazine Publishes Full Manning-Lamo Chat Logs

Staff / Truthdig Jul 15, 2011 More than a year after Pfc. Bradley Manning was arrested on suspicion of passing tens of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, Wired magazine has released the full record of the conversations between Manning and former hacker Adrian Lamo that led to Manning's imprisonment. Previously, the logs had appeared only in redacted form, a situation that generated criticism in some quarters. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Accused WikiLeaker Bradley Manning’s Torture by Isolation

Staff / Truthdig Dec 16, 2010 Bradley Manning, the Army private accused of leaking sensitive material to WikiLeaks, has been held for seven months in what Glenn Greenwald reports are “inhumane, personality-erasing, soul-destroying, insanity-inducing conditions” (more). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Health Insurance Industry’s Vendetta Against Michael Moore

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Nov 24, 2010 Health insurance executives at an industry strategy session on how to respond to Michael Moore's 2007 documentary "Sicko" thought they may have to implement a plan "to push Moore off a cliff," says whistle-blower Wendell Potter. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

WikiLeaks Files Show Torture, Civilian Deaths and Contractor Abuses

Staff / Truthdig Oct 26, 2010 Amy Goodman and the "Democracy Now!" team dig into the hundreds of thousands of documents that whistle-blowers released to the public and summarize the revelations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

WikiLeaks’ Nuclear Bunker Is Like the Bat Cave, Only Cooler

Staff / Truthdig Sep 1, 2010 The whistle-blower outfit has made enough enemies to warrant some secure digs, but a former nuclear bunker excavated in rock 98 feet below Stockholm might be overkill. It's actually the home of what must be the world's coolest Internet hosting company, which will house the future stash of WikiLeaks' digital treasures. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )