Tag: chelsea manning
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It’s who you are that matters
What the David Petraeus plea deal tells us about Espionage Act prosecutions
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Sarah Harrison and Grace North at the 31st Chaos Communication Congress
Courage’s Acting Director and the manager of FreeJeremy.net discuss “ethics, operational security and public protections of sources,” in addition to the need for expanding our understanding of the term “whistleblower”
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Press release: Top musicians, actors and Nobel laureates show support for Edward Snowden, publishers and whistleblowers
An international coalition of more than fifty actors, musicians and intellectuals announce their support for Edward Snowden, WikiLeaks, whistleblowers and publishers
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Obama: “If you blow the whistle, you should be thanked”
President Obama says whistleblowers should be “protected”, “thanked”, and “certainly shouldn’t be punished” – while punishing more whistleblowers than any other president in American history
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Yochai Benkler outlines public accountability defence for whistleblowers
In a new paper, Benkler details both the value and inevitability of national security disclosures, and he proposes a whistleblower defence that could have helped protect Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden
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Press release: Courage welcomes Russia’s continued protection of Edward Snowden
Courage Acting Director Sarah Harrison says: “Although the US government has lost this round, let us not forget the stakes – last year whistleblower Chelsea Manning was sentenced to 35 years in a US military prison and the Grand Jury against both WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden continues”
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CIA spying on its own “internal channels” for whistleblowers
McClatchy reports that the CIA is treating internal channels as insider threats
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Australia’s new law would criminalise Snowden reporting
Australia introduces a legislative proposal that evokes the US’s Espionage Act, stokes unfounded fears and criminalises journalism in line with a crackdown on whistleblowing