Izquierda y derecha se unen para pedir el perdón de Snowden en medio de especulaciones sobre una decisión de Trump

Si bien la idea de perdonar a uno de los denunciantes más prolíficos de nuestra era reunió a una alianza de izquierdas y derechas, el establecimiento centrista reaccionó con vitriolo predecible a la idea.

Alan Macleod
Por Alan Macleod
Edward Snowden Feature photo

Amid mounting speculation that President Trump is about to announce a list of presidential pardons, calls for — and against — NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s name to be included are growing louder. In November, as is customary, Donald Trump pardoned a turkey for Thanksgiving. Now, in the lame duck session of his presidency, he appears to be

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Julian Assange de Edward Snowden es un Julian Assange desconocido

Hay una contradicción incuestionable entre la oposición de Snowden al arresto de Assange y los juegos retóricos que juega con el personaje de Assange en sus memorias, Registro permanente.

Patrick Anderson
Por Patrick Anderson
Snowden Assange

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and WikiLeaks’ former editor Julian Assange have a complicated relationship. On the one hand, they share important similarities: both are perceived as dangerous enemies by the United States government, and both have been documentary subjects of filmmaker Laura Poitras. On the other hand, they clearly disagree when

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A través de los ojos de Jesselyn Radack: una mirada al papel vital de los denunciantes y sus abogados

"Al proteger a los denunciantes, las fuentes y los activistas en línea, facilitamos el periodismo de investigación robusto, responsabilizamos al gobierno, protegemos las libertades de expresión, privacidad y prensa, y fomentamos el componente más crítico de la sociedad democrática: una ciudadanía informada". Programa de denuncia de irregularidades y protección de fuentes

Jimmysllama
Por Jimmysllama
Permanent Record by Edward Snowden

This week Dutch journalist Rico Brouwer sat down with U.S. whistleblower attorney Jesselyn Radack in what turned out to be an absolute must-see interview. The two discussed topics ranging from what it’s like to represent some of the most hunted and hounded defendants in the nation, the perfect outcome for WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, and

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Silenciando el silbato: la intersección de las persianas Snowden Archive, citando el costo

El cierre del archivo Snowden de The Intercept probablemente significará el final de cualquier publicación futura, a menos que se cumpla la promesa absurda de Glenn Greenwald de encontrar "el socio adecuado … que tenga los fondos para publicar de manera sólida".

Whitney Webb
Por Whitney Webb

NEW YORK -- On March 13, a report in the Daily Beast revealed that the New York-based outlet The Intercept would be shutting down its archive of the trove of government documents entrusted to a handful of journalists, including Intercept co-founders Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, by whistleblower Edward Snowden. However, that account did not

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Snowden: Israeli Spyware Used By Governments to Pursue Journalists Targeted for Assassination

Snowden also noted that in addition to its role in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the NSO Group’s most notorious software product was regularly used by the government of Mexico to target journalists.

Whitney Webb
Por Whitney Webb
Journalists gather around a photo of slain photojournalist Ruben Espinosa, placed by his relatives at the entrance of Mexico City's Attorney General's office, on the second year anniversary of his murder in Mexico City, Monday, July 31, 2017. Espinosa worked for the investigative magazine Proceso and other media in the Mexican state of Veracruz, and murdered along with four women in an apartment in Mexico City on July 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

TEL AVIV -- NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden told an Israeli audience on Tuesday that surveillance software designed by an Israeli company had been used to target groups of journalists in Mexico as well as Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was murdered last month in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Snowden, speaking to a Tel Aviv conference

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Edward Snowden to Address Select Audience in Israel: Will He Take On Israel’s Surveillance State?

Since having gained prominence as a whistleblower, Snowden has been a vocal advocate for free speech, freedom of the press, and privacy. However, the Israeli government routinely violates these rights for Palestinians as well as Israelis.

Whitney Webb
Por Whitney Webb
Edward Snowden Israel

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL -- Edward Snowden, the former U.S. government contractor who leaked classified information from the U.S.’ National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013, will be speaking at an upcoming conference in Israel via video stream on November 6. The event, which is being hosted by Israeli media consultancy firm OH! Orenstein Hoshen, will be

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