VIDEO: Scheer, Binney and Blum on the Patriot Act

Staff / Truthdig Apr 29, 2015 “They can do anything with your cellphone once they have your SIM card and your key." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Film Explores Human Toll of Obama’s Crackdown on Whistle-Blowers

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 24, 2014 How far would you go to tell the truth? "Democracy Now!" talks with James Spinoe, director of the new documentary "Silenced," which follows three national security whistle-blowers who struggle "to reveal the darkest corners of America’s war on terror while enduring the wrath of a government increasingly determined to maintain secrecy." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: The Pulitzer Prize Committee

BLANK Apr 19, 2014 When institutions lend their support to the powerless, as the Pulitzer committee did this week to whistle-blowers and their newspapers, the battle is no longer merely between the weak and its oppressors.When institutions lend their support to the powerless, as the committee did to the NSA reporters, the battle is no longer merely between the weak and its oppressors. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Imagining an Ideal NSA

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 13, 2014 In the second part of their appearance on The Real News Network, Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges and 30-year former NSA official and whistle-blower William Binney grapple with the question of what, exactly, NSA policy should be. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges and Bill Binney on NSA Guidelines

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 10, 2014 Ahead of Obama's anticipated announcement of new NSA regulations, the Truthdig columnist and the NSA whistle-blower discuss with The Real News Network's Paul Jay what the president should tell the American people about the unprecedented domestic spying program he presides over. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Three Men Who Wouldn’t Let the NSA Get Away With It

By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law Nov 30, 2012 Whistle-blowers have warned that intelligence agencies are abusing the Constitution and lavishing private companies with expensive contracts in exchange for subpar results.Whistle-blowers have warned that intelligence agencies are abusing the Constitution and lavishing private companies with expensive contracts. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

NSA Whistle-Blower: Obama’s ‘Disposition Matrix’ is an ‘Undisciplined Slaughter’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 28, 2012 Former National Security Agency official and whistle-blower William Binney is appalled but unsurprised by last week’s revelation that President Obama has institutionalized a mechanism for generating targets for his secretive assassination list.William Binney is appalled but unsurprised that President Obama has institutionalized a mechanism for generating targets for his secretive kill list. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: William Binney

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 15, 2012 It's the first day of the HOPE conference, and hackers and technology enthusiasts have come to hear NSA whistle-blower William Binney give the meeting's keynote address. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Senate Aims to Advance Government Surveillance Rules

Staff / Truthdig May 25, 2012 The Senate is moving to renew the soon-to-expire 2008 amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which authorized the U.S. government to monitor American citizens’ emails and telephone calls without a warrant. Former National Security Agency Director William Binney has warned that its vast data mining program, which operates under the amendments, could “create an Orwellian state.” 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 )