whistleblowers
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Why The Woman Who Found Snowden Doesn’t Want More Whistleblowers
A few days ago, I found myself in a crowded Manhattan office watching Laura Poitras sign posters for her new documentary. Each signature appeared above the film’s title — Citizenfour — and below the film’s subject — Edward Snowden. She didn’t think she had time, but her handler insisted. It’s taken me a while, but…
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The WikiLeaks Server That Hosted Cablegate Is For Sale On Ebay
Shopping for a new server? Want a piece of whistleblower history? Want to piss off Julian Assange? You can do all three of these things at once, if you buy the server that hosted hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks a few years ago. And it still works!
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Bradley Manning Found Not Guilty Of Aiding The Enemy
A military judge acquitted Bradley Manning of aiding the enemy and convicted him of five counts of violating the Espionage Act on Tuesday. The verdict marks the end of a three-year-long ordeal that began with Manning’s arrest in Iraq and subsequent detainment in Kuwait and Quantico, Virginia.