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  1. #Whistleblower Says #Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on #VotingByMail

    A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.

    Chris Cameron
    By Chris Cameron
    Reporting from Washington
    Sept. 1, 2026

    Excerpt: "A U.S. Postal Service official has alleged that the agency is moving forward with a 'secretive, rushed' effort to carry out President Trump’s order exerting federal control over mail voting, despite a court order blocking those plans.

    "The official filed a whistle-blower report, published on Tuesday morning by the office of Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, asserting that the 'risky and haphazard' implementation of Mr. Trump’s order could lead to a 'catastrophic failure' in the mail ballot system ahead of this year’s #MidtermElections. The report said that the agency had planned to complete the new digital system overseeing mail ballots by Sept. 1.

    " 'Potentially millions of American voters may not receive their mail-in ballot this election cycle in a timely manner, or at all,' the official said in the report, which was prepared with the assistance of #WhistleblowerAid, a nonprofit group that represents people seeking to expose potential lawbreaking.

    Speaking to reporters by phone on Monday, Mr. Blumenthal said of the report that 'the main takeaway for me is that the Postal Service has designed a system to disenfranchise millions of Americans. One-third of all Americans cast their ballots by mail, and the #USPS puts all of their votes at risk.'

    "A Postal Service official declined to comment on the record."

    Read more:
    nytimes.com/2026/09/01/us/poli

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/IJg8U

    #USPol #Elections2026 #Fascism #USElections #Trump #StealingElections #VoterSupression #TrumpIsAFascist #VoterDisenfranchisement #CharacteristicsOfFascism

  2. theguardian.com/technology/202. "Meta has taken a 'don’t ask, don’t tell' #strategy when it comes to the #safety of #children on its #socialmedia #platforms, according to a #whistleblower who testified during a landmark #trial against the #company on Tuesday & Wednesday. Arturo Béjar, a former #Meta safety engineer, told the jury that the company was aware of the harm its products caused children, which included its recommendations pushing content from #sexual predators & #violent & #graphic #images."

  3. @CakesOfPan

    Libraries hold a special place in my heart, for reasons both intellectual and sentimental.

    Librarians are guardians of knowledge, champions of freedom, and friends of the people. They are community members, dedicated to helping connect poor people with relevant information, so they can improve their minds, educate themselves, and access job resources.

    After I became a #whistleblower in 2023, and was made #homeless , this notion was challenged.

    Librarians would block my access, call the police, and have me arrested. If you find this hard to believe, please see my whistleblower website. The PDF linked, has an appendix giving the “receipts” ( documents to corroborate my account ).

    whistleblower.lovestoblog.com/

    I had applied to be a board member of the libraries in Hawai’i after attending their meetings, and saw some corruption there.

    Scroll to the bottom of this page, and see the photo of the board members. How many native Hawai’ian faces do you see? Any Japanese or brown folks?

    folkhawaii.com/about-us/

    Their former Director of Membership, Bobby Gebbia, lied in court, before the judge and cameras, saying I was a board member, though I was not granted a membership.

    In Hawai’i, librarians appear to be part of the occupying forces, whitewashing colonialism, insidiously taking over and erasing the true history of Hawai’i, which I heard from talking to local old timers.

    250 years ago, Hawai’i had not heard of Jesus, and had its own deities, ( Goddess Pele, the creator, Kaneloa, etc. )
    Then Captain James Cook invaded, and 90% of the natives were wiped out.

    Then Samson Dole attacked with soldiers, threw out the natives, turned their land into plantations, and turned the natives into day laborers on the plantation, on their own land.

    Contrary to popular belief, Hawai’i is not a part of the USA, but a belligerently occupied territory,

    1887-1897: Hawaiʻi Rebelled against the USA.

    Hawaiʻian people did not choose to be part of the USA.
    King David Kalākaua was forced to sign what is called the "Bayonet Constitution". Queen Liliuokalani asserted that Kalākaua's life was threatened: "He signed that constitution under absolute compulsion."

    youtu.be/j8DxdibHibU

    Now Hawai’i is full of churches, their own gods are vanishing from memory, thanks to the “librarians”. There’s poverty, a drug epidemic, and seething discontent on the streets. Hawai’ian people are heavily overpoliced, thrown into jail without cause, and denied #justice in the #courts of the occupiers ( #USA ).

    All this is hidden from the casual tourist, content to visit a golf course on the sacred land, that has been bulldozed, and be served drinks by little brown people ( usually from the Marshall Islands, Hawai’i locals have mostly left for minimum wage jobs in mainland America ).

    Billionaires, like Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, Jeff Bezos, and Oprah Winfrey, “own” huge chunks of the land.

    Chinese billionaire, Eva Liu, has controlled the Punalu’u Black Sand beach, with a sweetheart deal ( $1 ), and is proposing erasing this natural landmark, spawning site of the endangered Saddleback Turtles, and building resorts there, in the name of “development”.

    In 2022, the Hawai’ian people had a setback in court.
    ( Hawaiian Kingdom v. #Biden ; December 14, 2022 )

    Librarians have been instrumental, in manipulating minds, and pushing through these insidious #imperialist agendas, and disenfranchising and displacing the local people.

    #Earth #environment
    #library #libraries #librarian #librarians #liberty #hawaii
    #bigisland #imperialism #colonialism #capitalism
    #rebel #rebellion #revolution #HumanRights #Equalrights

  4. @collective_truth @RichardJMurphy @aral

    Read the pinned post on my profile.

    There are a few institutions that work in collusion to run people’s lives, and form the basis of the #Matrix.

    1. #Schools
    2. #Churches
    3. #Governments
    4. #Corporations
    5. #Media
    6. #Banks

    Once I became a #whistleblower against the system, in 2023, #WellsFargo #bank would not give me my own money. They still have not.

    ( Details: whistleblower.lovestoblog.com/ )

    It’s time for the biblical prophecy to come true, and the money lenders to be kicked out.

    Here’s how:
    rant.li/ashwin/visions-for-a-n

    AlohaCoin v2 redistributes wealth, and brings about #degrowth

    With full bellies, people have the courage to break free of the Matrix, and #disobey leaders. Political, religious, military, corporate leaders etc.

    Little incentive for #crime, #war, #violence.

    Please boost and spread the message!

  5. 🚨 EMERGENCY🚨

    A #whistleblower has come forward to reveal the true motive behind the targeted exploding of Alex Jones, who, video shows, popped like a balloon in his truck in May. Must watch !

    youtube.com/watch?v=flHMHkrdJjA

    #InfoWars #AlexJones #AlexJonesIsDead #BigIodine

  6. I am a federally cleared programmer, turned #whistleblower

    I spoke against the #VA and #AccentureFederalServices and pointed out corruption and mismanagement of funds. I fight for the rights of #veterans

    I have been persecuted, and homeless since 2023.

    I am presently in #Japan , seeking political asylum.

    My whistleblower story is here:

    whistleblower.lovestoblog.com/

    I thought that I would be safe from persecution, once I got to Japan. This turned out to be wrong.

    I ran out of the funds I came here with, in February 2026, and have been #homeless here since.

    I turned to every refugee assistance I could find: #JAR, #AAR, #RHQ, #FRESC, #UNHCR , the #Shinagawa City Ward Office. They all denied me assistance.

    Second Harvest gave me 5 food packages, over two months, each of which lasts 2-3 days.

    The #Takanawa #Catholic #Church was feeding me 1 meal a day, though now they have stopped even that.

    When I reported to Mr. Takaii, a priest at #Meguro Catholic Church, that I had been abused by a Catholic Charity in #Kona , #Hawaii ( documented in the link above ), he suddenly told me he did not speak any English, though we had met a few times, and had several conversations, and he speaks English fluently.

    This is probably because I asked him to respond to my critique of #Christianity in general:

    rant.li/ashwin/why-i-am-also-n

    The #corruption at the heart of the Catholic church and Christianity could not be more profound.

    The #Pope has condemned #war and called for #peace , and scored cheap #poltical points against #Trump , though he has not called on all #Catholics to resign from the military, and stop participating in war. His apologia are crocodile tears.

    I am presently hungry, homeless, and need of medical care.

    The Japanese #Immigration Bureau keep asking me why I have "overstayed my visa". I keep responding that while my asylum application is pending, I am not overstaying in Japan. Japan is in violation of #International #Law ( 1951 & 1967 convention on the treatment of #refugees ). They can easily extend my visa, so I can get medical care and food. I have reported to them several times that I am in pain, and need food. They keep on harassing me.

    It seems to me that the #JapanPM has decided to make same mistake that Japan made in #WW2 - siding with #corruption

    Please boost this message.

    Also please advise where I may turn for immediate help.

    #MAGA #USA #America #Patriot #USPol

    #Government #HumanRights #HumanRightsReport #UN #UnitedNations #Amnesty #AmnestyInternational #NAACP #ACLU #RedCross #EqualRights #Justice #Veteran #EFF

  7. Karma is coming.

    Quote from Wikileaks:

    Prominent US war hawk John Bolton has pled guilty to violating the Espionage Act after previously demanding execution for whistleblowers Edward Snowden & Chelsea Manning and 176 years in prison for publisher Julian Assange.

    As part of a plea agreement, Bolton admitted to unlawfully retaining sensitive national security information. He now faces up to 5 years in prison, up to 3 years of supervised release, a $2.25 million fine, forfeiture of his pension, and is due to be sentenced on 28 October.

    Video are also sourced from Wikileaks

    #privacy #whistleblower #julianassange #snowden #johnbolton #surveillance

  8. Wirklich sehenswert! Nicht nur für #Tesla Fans:

    Die #Wahrheit über den #Autopilot im Tesla und den wahren Stand der #Technologie für autonomes #Fahren.

    Aufgedeckt von einem #Whistleblower aus dem Autohersteller selbst, Ex-Mitarbeitenden und wissenschaftlichen Kreisen zu #KI.

    playsuisse.ch/de/show/4426313
    oder
    ardmediathek.de/film/sendereih

    Nachdenken statt nachplappern! 🧠

    #Musk #ElonMusk #Trump #Wahrheit #Auto

  9. So who was this "Missing retired general" as the media misreported him.

    McCasland isn't just some random retired military guy. He holds an MIT PhD in astronautical engineering and was a true heavy-hitter in the absolute highest echelons of classified space defence.

    He was the Commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. This is one of the facilities where the legacy (UFO) crash retrieval materials have allegedly been stored. Before that, he served at the Pentagon as the Director of Special Programs for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defence. He was literally in charge of managing Special Access Programs (SAPs). My note: there were about 35 SAP according to the #whistleblower #grush

    McCasland vanished just about 7 days after Trump made public statements directing federal agencies to aggressively unseal legacy #UFO/ #UAP records.

    #phenomenon #missingscientists #ufofiles

  10. @punishmenthurts

    #WellsFargo #bank denied me my own money, though I was their customer in good standing for 18 years. I pleaded that I was homeless, and sleeping outside on cold concrete over Xmas.

    I shouted, "HELP! This bank is robbing me in broad daylight!"

    So they called the police. The police arrested *me* instead of the bank.

    Here's my #whistleblower story:

    whistleblower.lovestoblog.com/

  11. EIERHAUS - WICHTIGE NEWS

    ⚠️ Bitte schließt Eure Website Ports ⚠️

    > Im Regelfall genügt Port 443.

    > Port 80 ist absolut unsicher.

    >> Abstrakt sind ALLE Daten Dahinter in Gefahr

    >>> Alle Unternehmensdaten

    >>> Kundendaten

    >>> Persönliche Daten

    #eierhaus #itsec #it #ports #whistleblower

  12. Amy Goodman is on Jon Stewart's podcast this week, and it's well worth a listen.

    My first TV interview about Match Group was on her show, and it was a live one, just a few hours after the Guardian article came out. If nothing else, it taught me not to do any live interviews again! Still, it was an interesting experience.

    Note how well I curate my background with neat bookshelves, showing a load of boring books that I think reflect my personality.

    #DemocracyNow #AmyGoodman #News #Interview #Democracy #Guardian #JonStewart #Podcast #Dating #Tinder #Hinge #OkCupid #Safety #Whistleblower #Books #Tetley #Tea #Dodgy #Technology

  13. #DOJ Watchdog Has Gone Silent, Lawyers for #WhistleBlower Say

    Lawyers for a fired Justice Department lawyer say the agency’s #InspectorGeneral appears to have ignored at least 20 different requests to scrutinize #misconduct.

    #Trump #law #LegalEthics
    nytimes.com/2026/03/30/us/poli

  14. Ich stimme klar mit NEIN gegen die Klarnamenpflicht!

    Der Irrsinn von Aussagen, dass das Hass-Kriminalität bekämpfen würde, ist ziemlich realitätsfern, wenn man sich die Problematik mal etwas genauer anschaut.

    Kriminelle umgehen Verifikationen leicht
    Professionelle Täter nutzen gefälschte Identitäten oder ausländische Accounts, um Klarnamenpflichten zu umgehen. Betroffen sind vor allem „Otto Normalverbraucher“, während Kriminelle kaum gestoppt werden. Studien zeigen, dass #Hassrede durch Klarnamenpflicht nur marginal reduziert wird, da Täter schnell Ausweichstrategien finden.
    Quellen: Studie Südkorea, Expertenmeinung, Faktencheck

    #Moderation & #KI sind effektiver
    Automatisierte Systeme und menschliche Moderation können Hassrede schneller erkennen und sanktionieren, ohne die Privatsphäre aller Nutzer zu opfern. KI-gestützte Moderation wird bereits erfolgreich eingesetzt, um Hassrede und #Desinformation zu bekämpfen, ohne auf #Klarnamen angewiesen zu sein.
    Q: KI-Moderation, Forschungsprojekt HaSPI

    #Datenlecks & Angriffe
    #Südkorea führte 2007 eine Klarnamenpflicht ein, musste sie aber 2012 nach massiven Datenschutzverstößen wieder abschaffen. Hacker stahlen die Daten von 35 Millionen Nutzern (70% der Bevölkerung), was zu Identitätsdiebstahl und Missbrauch führte. Das Verfassungsgericht erklärte die Pflicht für verfassungswidrig, da sie die Meinungsfreiheit einschränkt.
    Q: Südkorea: Datenskandal, Verfassungswidrigkeit, Details,
    YouTube Video @[email protected]

    Überwachungsrisiko & Missbrauch durch Behörden/Unternehmen
    Unternehmen wie #Palantir könnten #Klarnamendaten für #Massenüberwachung nutzen. Palantir wird bereits von deutschen Polizeibehörden eingesetzt, obwohl Datenschützer vor dem Missbrauch warnen. Die Software ermöglicht die Verknüpfung von Datenbanken und könnte für politische #Repression genutzt werden.
    Q: Palantir & Datenschutz, Einsatz in Deutschland, Kritik,
    YouTube Video Doktor Whatson

    Einschüchterung & Chilling Effect
    Eine Pflicht führt dazu, dass sich Menschen aus Angst vor Konsequenzen (z.B. berufliche Nachteile, soziale Ausgrenzung) nicht mehr frei äußern. Besonders betroffen sind marginalisierte Gruppen, #Whistleblower und politische #Aktivisten sowie eine Vielzahl an Personen die teilweise als Autisten deklariert werden können oder Journalisten, aber auch andere.
    Q: Chilling Effect, Risiken, Piratenpartei

    Kein wissenschaftlicher Beleg für weniger Hass
    Studien zeigen, dass anonyme Nutzer oft weniger aggressiv kommunizieren als solche, die mit Klarnamen auftreten. Die Annahme, dass Klarnamen den Diskurs „zivilisieren“, ist nicht belegt. In Südkorea änderte sich das Verhalten von Hassrednern kaum.
    Q: Studie Südkorea, @[email protected], Faktencheck

    Verstoß gegen Grundrechte & EU-Recht
    Die Klarnamenpflicht widerspricht dem Recht auf informationelle Selbstbestimmung und eventuell auch gegen EU-Datenschutzrecht (#DSGVO). Das Unabhängige Datenschutzzentrum Saarland betont, dass eine solche Pflicht mit höherrangigem Unionsrecht kollidiert.
    Q: Datenschutzzentrum Saarland, Piratenpartei, RSW Beck

    Bei der Civey Umfrage könnt ihr eure Stimme gegen eine Klarnamenpflicht zum Ausdruck bringen:
    civey.com/umfragen/56421/sollt

    Bei der Petition von Hood Informatik (IT-YouTube Kanal), könnt ihr gegen eine #Klarnamenpflicht unterschreiben:
    keine-klarnamen-im-netz.de/

    Begründungsvideo dazu: youtu.be/AITBsUGA5lY

  15. 9 of 10

    Maximum anonymity for #Activists, #Journalists, #Dissidents, and #Whistleblowers.

    #SESSION (Loki Network/Decentralized)
    Who uses it: Activists in Hong Kong, Belarus, Iran, and protest groups in the West. Why: If an activist is stopped, the police check the phone. In Session, there is no phone number, no address book, no logs of who spoke to whom. It is the best choice if the risk is having your device seized and trying to trace your network of contacts.

    #SIMPLEX Who uses it: Whistleblowers, informants, crypto-anarchists. Why: It is the only app where a "user profile" truly doesn't exist on the server. If the server is seized, there is nothing to find. It is used when contact secrecy is vital more than ease of use.

    9 of 10 ⤵️

    #EdwardSnowden #Tor #BlockChain #WilsonBright #AmnestyInternational #VPN #Snowden #Anonymous #Activism #Attivismo #Actvisme #Aktivismus #Activismo #Journalism #Giornalismo #Journalistiek #Whistleblower #Anonimato #Anonimiteit #Anonymität #Anonimato

  16. 8 of 10

    ...If you use a bridge to talk to someone on (for example) WhatsApp, the security drops to WhatsApp's level. Example... you use the official ELEMENT X app of matrix and therefore use the absolute maximum encryption security, but the recipient uses a mail service or opens their message on an unofficial app, the security drops to that of the recipient's app; you never know if the other person will open the message in a secure instance at your same level or not. Compromise: The interface, especially the classic Element one, can be confusing with too many technical options. "Element X" is a more modern and simplified version, but the Matrix ecosystem requires a minimum learning curve and the information found about it has quite technical explanations regarding the various steps.

    8 of 10 ⤵️

    #Activism #Attivismo #Actvisme #Aktivismus #Activismo #Journalism #Giornalismo #Journalistiek #Journalismus #Periodismo #Whistleblower #Anonimato #Anonimiteit #Anonymität #Anonimato #FreeSpeech

  17. #ShieldAlert: #AndSteiner, GenderDiverse #HumanRightsActivist, targeted for #PatientAdvocacy at #LemuelShattuck.

    Urgent Update: #Whistleblower And Steiner Still in Danger Despite Recent Concessions

    September 22, 2025: "#MindFreedomInternational (#MFI) is pleased to report that, in response to our previous Shield Alert update, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital has allowed And Steiner to see a covering provider of their choice and assured that And’s requests are being taken seriously. However, MFI remains concerned about And’s safety and well-being despite these concessions.

    "As a reminder, And is a #Massachusetts (MA) Department of Mental Health (DMH) patient at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital and whistleblower alleging criminal misconduct and abuse within the Massachusetts #DMH system, and has faced a pattern of retaliation including illegal #ForcedTransfer, assault, and harassment and denial of #DueProcess. A staff member has also warned that DMH plans to continue this targeting and harassment."

    See link below to learn what you can do.

    "Main talking points:

    - And Steiner is a whistleblower who has reported alleged criminal misconduct and abuse within the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health system.
    - And is currently under the care of those they are whistleblowing about.
    - A staff member has warned an MFI volunteer of DMH’s intentions to target and harass And.
    - And has faced retaliation, including illegal forced transfer, assault, verbal and sexual harassment, and denial of due process, including recent targeted discrimination and abuse by staff.
    - Ivy McCall, a friend of And’s with a masters degree in social work, who has attended many of And’s Team Meetings, has come forward saying she believes DMH is targeting and abusing And and that And is not safe.
    - All Massachusetts State entities have refused to intervene despite an easily provable #patternOfAbuse and targeting by DMH towards And for at least 3 years.
    - Many staff members have filed complaints regarding And’s care.
    - #MindFreedom and many advocates and you remain concerned that this pattern will continue without intervention."

    mindfreedom.org/front-page/and

    #LemuelShattuck #Queer #BIPOC #Transgender #LGBTQ #PatientAbuse #LetterWriting #Psychiatry #Fascism #Massachusetts #MassDMH
    #HumanRightsAbuses

  18. #Drumpf promise to #dismantle #CivilService #workers #rights will affect 50,000 career #federal #employees & strips #JobProtections changing long-standing #legal #protections that once prohibited #US #gov from retaliating against #whistleblowers or purging staff for purely political reasons. New draconian rules remove Office of the Special Counsel [#OSC] from oversight of #whistleblower cases.

    reuters.com/world/trump-expand

  19. "Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency"
    Congress hasn’t seen the complaint, which was filed eight months ago with the U.S. intelligence community’s watchdog office
    PAYWALL
    wsj.com/politics/national-secu

    #DNI #ODNI #TulsiGabbard #Congress #Whistleblower

  20. Oooh, somebody put the Match Group documentary up on Dailymotion:

    dailymotion.com/video/x9wadf0

    I like how I look fat, northern and relaxed, and everyone else looks... Californian :D Some nice film of Lunenberg though!

    #Dating #MatchGroup #Tinder #OkCupid #SocialMedia #Safety #TrustAndSafety #NovaScotia #Lunenburg #Canada #Whistleblower #Documentary

  21. At #DNL36, whistleblower Terry Albury and journalist Lynzy Billing explore what it takes to confront state secrecy and systemic surveillance.

    From CIA-backed night raids to FBI profiling, this keynote traces the power of truth-telling from inside and out.

    @reimagineeurope
    #DNL36 #Technoviolence #SurveillanceState #Whistleblower #InvestigativeJournalism #NewPerspectivesForAction

  22. How do you break the cycle of silence in Big Tech?

    At #DNL36, whistleblower Ifeoma Ozoma shares how she exposed injustice at Pinterest—then helped pass the Silenced No More Act to protect others.

    @reimagine
    🔗 The Guardian: bit.ly/ozoma-dnl36
    #Technoviolence #DNL36 #Whistleblower #SilencedNoMore #NewPerspectivesForAction

  23. At #DNL36, whistleblower Ifeoma Ozoma opens the conference with a keynote on how NDAs are weaponised to silence tech workers.
    She shares how collective action, legislative reform, and financial pressure can force real change.
    Moderated by Tammarrian Rogers.
    19–21 Sept · Berlin
    disruptionlab.org/technoviolence
    Part of Re-Imagine Europe: New Perspectives for Action. Co-funded by the European Union.
    #dnl36 #technoviolence #IfeomaOzoma #NDAs #whistleblower #newperspectivesforaction

  24. Terry Albury saw how the FBI's post-9/11 tools were used to target Muslims, journalists, and activists. He leaked classified docs to The Intercept, was sentenced, and remains a powerful voice for truth.

    Now he joins #DNL36 to speak internationally for the first time.

    📅 Sept 19–21 · Berlin
    🔗 disruptionlab.org/technoviolence
    #Technoviolence #SurveillanceState #Whistleblower #TerryAlbury #NewPerspectivesForAction #DNL36

  25. #Whistleblower Blames Musk’s #DOGE Goons for ‘Significant #CybersecurityBreach

    Story by Liam Archacki

    "In his disclosure, Berulis said he became concerned when he saw peculiar spikes in data leaving the agency after DOGE staffers—who insisted that their actions not be tracked in the system—gained access. He also observed suspicious log-in attempts from an IP address in #Russia using DOGE’s new accounts."

    Read more:
    msn.com/en-us/news/politics/wh

    #TrumpIsPutinsPuppet #USPol #WorldPol #RussiaPol #SVR #GRU #UsefulIdiots #DOGEBoys #ElonIsATraitor

  26. Locked Up Living Graham House; (Video) Discrediting Dissenting Voices to Empowering Young Leaders for Positive Change: Summary In this conversation we talk with Graham House, a former senior officer in the RAF. Graham discusses his decision to leave the military due to a serious conflict of values. He highlights instances of alleged cover-ups of rape and war crimes, as well as the… lockedupliving.podbean.com/e/g @lockedupliving #PositiveChange #Leadership #Whistleblower #Governance #Dissent

  27. [#Podcast] #LawAndDisorder, September 9, 2024

    #September11, 2001: Lessons Learned And Overlooked

    "It has been 23 years ago this week since the attacks on September 11, 2001 in New York City, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, PA, killing nearly 3,000 people and injuring more than 6,000. On that day, the United States had a choice: The #GeorgeWBush administration could have treated the attacks as a violation of US and international law, launched a criminal investigation, and brought the perpetrators to justice in accordance with the rule of law. Instead, President Bush waged #EndlessWars against #Afghanistan and #Iraq, pushed through Congress the USA #PatriotAct, opened the notorious detention center at #GuantanamoBay which remain to this day, rounded up Muslims and South Asians for #IndefiniteDetention, initiated a wave of #CivilLiberties and #HumanRights violations, and committed wholesale torture against detainees and others.

    "To assess the legacy of 9/11 and the lessons learned and the lessons overlooked, we’ve invited someone who was at the center of Bush’s #WarOnTerror. John Kiriakou is a journalist, former CIA counterterrorism officer, former senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and former counterterrorism consultant for ABC News.

    "In 2007, Kiriakou blew the whistle on the CIA’s torture program, telling ABC News that the #CIA tortured prisoners, that torture was official U.S. government policy, and that the policy had been approved by President George W. Bush. He knew what he was talking about. In 2002, he was responsible for the capture in Pakistan of #AbuZubaydah, then believed to be the third-ranking official in al-Qaeda.

    "He became the sixth #whistleblower indicted by the #Obama administration under the #EspionageAct of 1917 — a law designed to punish spies. He served 23 months in prison as a result of his revelations.

    "In 2012, the #RalphNader family honored #Kiriakou with the Joe A. Callaway Award for #CivicCourage, an award given to individuals who 'advance truth and justice despite the personal risk it creates.' He won the PEN Center USA’s prestigious First Amendment Award in 2015, the first Blueprint International Whistleblowing Prize for Bravery and Integrity in the Public Interest in 2016, and also in 2016 the Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence, given by retired CIA, FBI, and NSA officers."

    Listen:
    lawanddisorder.org/category/cr

    #CIASponsoredTerror #CivilRights, #CriminalizingDissent #ExtraordinaryRendition #FreeSpeech #HumanRights #IraqWar #BushAdministraiton #HumanRights #HumanRightsViolation #TargetingMuslims #Torture #WarResister #Whistleblowers #CivilLiberties #CivilLibertiesRadio #EndlessWar

  28. #JulianAssange extradition appeal: what you need to know before the #UK high court’s ruling

    #WikiLeaks founder to learn on Tuesday if he can appeal against his extradition to the #UnitedStates

    by Rafqa Touma
    Mon 25 Mar 2024 22.03 EDT

    "Fitzgerald said Assange and WikiLeaks 'were responsible for the exposure of criminality on the part of the #USGovernment on an unprecedented scale,' including #torture, rendition, #extrajudicial killings and #WarCrimes.

    "He alleged '#StateRetaliation' motivated the US prosecution and so was unlawful. Fitzgerald also warned that if Assange was extradited there was 'a real risk that he’ll suffer a flagrant denial of justice'.

    "#MarkSummers KC, also for Assange, raised the issue of #CIA officials under former US president Donald #Trump reportedly discussing abducting and even #assassinating Assange."

    Read more:
    theguardian.com/media/2024/mar

    #FreeAssange #Whistleblowers #whistleblower #USImperialism #Corporatocracy #ErikPrince #TigerSwan #Blackwater

  29. 1/ Gerade in diesen Tagen denke ich an #Snowden, den Mann, der gesehen hat, was mit #Assange passierte & darum als #Whistleblower, der in relativ mächtigen #Demokratien nicht aufgenommen wurde & erlebte, was bei kleinen Staaten passierte*
    Er suchte Schutz in #Russland, weil ihm nichts anderes übrig blieb.
    Jetzt sitzt er in einer #Autokratie fest, in der #Oppositionelle weggesperrt werden &/o.nur eine geringe Lebenserwartung haben.

  30. Oltre confine: scambi culturali ad Amsterdam sulle piattaforme di whistleblowing

    @giornalismo

    Dal 30/5 al 1/6 i rappresentanti delle piattaforme di whistleblowing di Nigeria, Indonesia e Messico hanno visitato #FreePressUnlimited ad Amsterdam.
    Queste derivano da #Publeaks, fondata da FPU con il supporto di #Greenhost e #Globaleaks

    Le piattaforme di whistleblowing consentono a #whistleblower e giornalisti di comunicare in modo privato, anonimo e sicuro.

    freepressunlimited.org/en/curr

  31. CW: Long thread/2

    Today (May 22), I'm keynoting #PublicKnowledge's Emerging Tech conference in #DC:

    eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tech

    Tomorrow (May 23), I'll be in #Toronto for a book launch for *Red Team Blues* that's part of #WEPFest, a benefit for the *#WestEndPhoenix*, onstage with #DaveBidini (The #Rheostatics), Ron Diebert (#CitizenLab) and the #whistleblower Dr #NancyOlivieri:

    westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfes

    2/

  32. CW: Long thread/2

    Today (5/20) at 3:15PM, I'll be at the #Gaithersburg Book Festival with my novel *Red Team Blues*:

    gaithersburgbookfestival.org/f

    Mon (5/22), I'm keynoting #PublicKnowledge's Emerging Tech conference in #DC:

    eventbrite.com/e/emerging-tech

    Tues (5/23), I'll be in #Toronto for a book launch that's part of #WEPFest, a benefit for the *#WestEndPhoenix*, onstage with #DaveBidini (The #Rheostatics), Ron Diebert (#CitizenLab) and the #whistleblower Dr #NancyOlivieri:

    westendphoenix.com/shop/wepfes

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