Whistleblowers

Edward Snowden Makes ‘Moral’ Case For Presidential Pardon

September 14, 2016 Ewen MacAskill, www.theguardian.com Resist! Edward Snowden, Whistleblowers

By Ewen MacAskill for The Guardian - Edward Snowden has set out the case for Barack Obama granting him a pardon before the US president leaves office in January, arguing that the disclosure of the scale of surveillance by US and British intelligence agencies was not only morally right but had left citizens better off. The US whistleblower’s comments, made in an interview with the Guardian, came as supporters, including his US lawyer, stepped up a campaign for a presidential pardon. Snowden is wanted in the US, where he is accused of violating the Espionage Act and faces at least 30 years in jail.

US Denies Entry To Fmr. British Ambassador Craig Murray, Who Exposed Torture

September 7, 2016 Staff, www.worldbeyondwar.org Educate! Britain, Whistleblowers

By Staff of World Beyond War - The U.S. government, for no stated reason, and after having approved his entry in the past, has denied Craig Murray the usual approval to enter the United States without a visa that is given to UK citizens. Craig Murray was British Ambassador to Uzbekistan from 2002 to 2004. Murray was forced out of the British public service after he exposed the use of torture by Britain’s Uzbek allies. Murray is scheduled to chair the presentation of this year’s Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence to CIA torture whistleblower John Kiriakou...

Evidence Points To Another Snowden At The NSA

August 23, 2016 James Bamford, www.Reuters.com Resist! Edward Snowden, NSA, Whistleblowers

By James Bamford for Reuters - In the summer of 1972, state-of-the-art campaign spying consisted of amateur burglars, armed with duct tape and microphones, penetrating the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee. Today, amateur burglars have been replaced by cyberspies, who penetrated the DNC armed with computers and sophisticated hacking tools. Where the Watergate burglars came away empty-handed and in handcuffs, the modern- day cyber thieves walked away with tens of thousands of sensitive political documents and are still unidentified.

CIA Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling Close To Death In Federal Prison

August 22, 2016 Staff, www.mintpressnews.com Resist! CIA, Prisons, Whistleblowers

By Staff of MintPress News - LITTLETON, Colorado — Jeffrey Sterling, one of the most recent victims of the U.S. government’s war on whistleblowers, may be at risk of dying in a Colorado prison. In an interview published Tuesday in The Colorado Independent, the wife of the CIA whistleblower warned that his health is failing due to inadequate medical care at FCI Englewood, the federal prison where he is serving a sentence of three-and-a-half years.

Jeffrey Sterling On American Dream & Breaking Black Body

August 22, 2016 Jeffrey Sterling, www.huffingtonpost.com Resist! Black People, Whistleblowers

By Jeffrey Sterling for The Huffington Post - I am in a federal prison in Colorado. While here, I have read Ta-Nahesi Coates’ award-winning book Between the World and Me. Though my background is different from Coates’ (I did not grow up in the mean streets of a large city), I enjoyed reading Between the World and Me because I identify with so much of it. It is also those commonalities which make it rather difficult for me to read. Between the World and Me serves as a reminder and a warning.

British Hactavist Whistleblower Facing Extradition To US Faces Possible 99 Years

August 10, 2016 Alex Matthews, www.dailymail.co.uk Resist! Hacktivism, United Kingdom (UK), Whistleblowers

By Alex Matthews For Daily Mail - US authorities should be 'thankful' a British hacker targeted them instead of terrorists according to the man's lawyer. Lauri Love, 31, from Stradishall in Suffolk, is accused of stealing 23,000 personal details of government employees from the US Federal Reserve, the US Army, the FBI and NASA. The Aspergers sufferer and vicar's son is fighting extradition to the US where he faces 99 years in prison if convicted.

Chelsea Manning Could Face Additional Punishment For Her Suicide Attempt

July 29, 2016 Murtaza Hussain, www.theintercept.com Educate! Chelsea Manning, Whistleblowers

By Murtaza Hussain for The Intercept - U.S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning tried to kill herself on July 5 in her cell at Fort Leavenworth military prison. Now, military officials are considering filing charges in connection to the suicide attempt that could make the terms of her imprisonment much more punitive — possibly including indefinite solitary confinement — while possibily losing any chance of receiving parole. According to a charge sheet posted by the ACLU, Manning was informed by military officials on Thursday that she is under investigation for “resisting the force cell move team,”

Official Who Oversees Whistleblower Complaints Files One Of His Own

July 28, 2016 Marisa Taylor, www.mcclatchydc.com Resist! Whistleblowers

By Marisa Taylor for Mc Clatchy DC - The Obama administration’s top official overseeing how intelligence agencies handle whistleblower retaliation claims has lodged his own complaint, alleging he was punished for disclosing “public corruption.” Daniel Meyer, who previously oversaw the Defense Department’s decisions on whistleblowing cases, also says he was targeted for being gay, according to records obtained by McClatchy. Meyer made the allegations in a complaint before the Merit Systems Protection Board, an administrative panel that handles employment grievances from federal employees, after another agency rejected his claims.

Chelsea Manning’s Lawyers Confirm Whistleblower Was Hospitalized

July 9, 2016 Nadia Prupis, www.commondreams.org Educate! Chelsea Manning, Whistleblowers

By Nadia Prupis for Common Dreams - Lawyers for jailed whistleblower Chelsea Manning confirmed on Friday that the former U.S. soldier was hospitalized and is under medical supervision following reports of a health crisis and virtual silence from the Department of Defense. "The prison has notified us that Chelsea was hospitalized and remains under a doctor's care," Nancy Hollander, one of Manning's attorneys, said Friday.

Chelsea Manning Cut Off From Lawyers Amid Hospitalization Rumors

July 7, 2016 Ed Pilkington, www.theguardian.com Educate! Chelsea Manning, Whistleblowers

By Ed Pilkington for The Guardian - Lawyers acting for Chelsea Manning, the army soldier who passed US state secrets to WikiLeaks, have expressed fury at military authorities’ handling of the prisoner’s medical status amid a swirl of media speculation. Manning, who is serving a 35-year sentence for leaking secret diplomatic cables and other official documents, has been cut off from contact with her lawyers and all other outside connections for more than 36 hours, causing alarm among those closest to her.

Chelsea Manning’s Legal Team Responds To Unconfirmed Rumors

July 7, 2016 Christina DiPasquale, www.chelseamanning.org Educate! Chelsea Manning, Whistleblowers

By Christina DiPasquale for Free Chelsea Manning - Today, an unnamed official at the Army revealed unverified information relating to Chelsea Manning’s confidential medical status to the media and Nancy Hollander, lead attorney on her defense team, released the following statement: “We’re shocked and outraged that an official at Leavenworth contacted the press with private confidential medical information about Chelsea Manning yet no one at the Army has given a shred of information to her legal team.

What’s It Like To Be A Whistleblower?

July 6, 2016 Chris Sanders, www.transparency.org Resist! Whistleblowers

By Chris Sanders for Transparency International - Transparency International: Are you surprised by the support you have had from ordinary people on an issue like tax avoidance? Antoine Deltour: Yes, it surprised me, because I couldn’t expect such mobilisation. That was very important and helpful for the trial since we were able to bring evidence from official testimonies from personalities, and also talked about this support from 200,000 people.

Edward Snowden Travels The World

July 4, 2016 Andrew Rice, www.nymag.com Resist! Edward Snowden, NSA, Whistleblowers

By Andrew Rice for NY Magazine - Edward Snowden lay on his back in the rear of a Ford Escape, hidden from view and momentarily unconscious, as I drove him to the Whitney museum one recent morning to meet some friends from the art world. Along West Street, clotted with traffic near the memorial pools of the World Trade Center, a computerized voice from my iPhone issued directions via the GPS satellites above. Snowden’s lawyer, Ben Wizner of the American Civil Liberties Union, was sitting shotgun, chattily recapping his client’s recent activities. For a fugitive wanted by the FBI for revealing classified spying programs who lives in an undisclosed location in Russia

Whistleblower James Sterling Completes First Year Of Unjust Sentence

June 20, 2016 Cornel West and Holly Sterling, www.huffingtonpost.com Resist! Whistleblowers

By Cornel West and Holly Sterling for The Huffington Post - Yesterday, June 16th, marked one year since Jeffrey Sterling began his 3.5 year prison sentence for divulging classified information to a New York Times journalist, a crime he did not commit. One year he was deprived of the freedom that so many of us take for granted every day; one year separated from his loving wife, his friends and his family, and one year of wasted talent as a licensed attorney, a former CIA case officer fluent in Farsi, and a successful investigator who uncovered over 32 million dollars in healthcare fraud.

EPA Official Covered Up Methane Leakage Problems

June 9, 2016 Jim Warren, www.fsm2016.org Educate! EPA, Gas, Methane, Whistleblowers

By Jim Warren for NC Warn - Durham, NC – A watchdog group today charged that a high-ranking federal official connected to the fossil fuel industry committed scientific fraud and possibly criminal misconduct in a case with sweeping ramifications for global climate change and the safety of workers and neighbors of natural gas sites across much of the United States. The group called for an expedited investigation due to the urgent climate and safety implications of the EPA’s failure to curb widespread methane emissions.

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