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'Is This the Country We Want to Keep?': Whistleblower Threatened with 35 Years in Prison, Warns of Developing Tyranny

Thomas Drake, The Real News Network. January 11, 2012.

Thomas Drake blew the whistle on a massive domestic information gathering scheme and was called "an enemy of the state."

Glenn Greenwald: The Heroic Bradley Manning Faces 30 Charges, Some Punishable By Death -- Why He Deserves a Medal Instead

Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian. December 15, 2011.

The real crimes exposed by this episode are those committed by the US government, not Manning.

Victory For Iraq War Whistleblower; KBR's Profiteering Exposed

Amy Goodman, Comment Is Free. July 27, 2011.

Military contract whistleblower Bunny Greenhouse's legal win is welcome, but US taxpayers are still out $5 trillion for Bush's wars.

Glenn Greenwald on the Shocking New Charges Against Bradley Manning -- Could Get Death Penalty

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. March 3, 2011.

The Salon blogger describes on Democracy Now why the new charges against Bradley Manning are so nefarious.

Bradley Manning Suffering Extreme Isolation Prison Torture by Our Goverment -- Courageous Whistleblower 'Physically Deteriorating'

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. December 23, 2010.

Bradley Manning is suffering inhumane isolation in prison that numerous experts say is a form of real torture.

Who Really Has Blood on Their Hands? Not Brave Whistleblowers Like Private Bradley Manning

Cynthia Benjamin, AlterNet. August 5, 2010.

The whistleblowers who got out the Afghan Wikileaks documents deserve our deepest thanks.

Whistleblower Sues to Stop Another BP Rig From Operating

Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. May 18, 2010.

BP allegedly ignored warnings about its enormous Atlantis rig, and instead emphasized saving money.

12 No-Brainer Govt. Fixes Congress Should Implement in 2010

Project on Government OversightFebruary 16, 2010.

All of these proposed fixes increase transparency for taxpayers; provide stronger oversight; and call for closer examination of government programs' effectiveness and efficiencies.

Whistleblower: There’s a Lot Less Oil Than We Think and U.S. Has Been Trying to Cover It Up

Terry Macalister, The Guardian. November 12, 2009.

Warning of a deliberate underplay at the International Energy Agency of a looming shortage for fear of triggering panic buying.

Former NSA Analyst: NSA 'Monitored All Communications' of Americans, Targeted Journalists

Ali Frick, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Video. January 22, 2009.

"The National Security Agency had access to all Americans' communications -- faxes, phone calls, and their computer communications."

$23 Billion Gag Order

Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise AlterNet: PEEK. June 12, 2008.

A US gag order is preventing the BBC from revealing $23 billion in mismanaged Iraq funds.

"It was clear to me that we were doing things contrary to the law": Matthew Diaz Speaks

Jayati Vora, AlterNet. April 8, 2008.

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Diaz was jailed for revealing the names of the prisoners at Guantánamo. Last week he was honored for it.

Google Censors a Site That Exposes United Nations Corruption

Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. February 20, 2008.

After more than two years, Inner City Press disappears from Google News.

Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg: Bush Likely to Attack Iran, Impeachment a Must

Sari Gelzer, TruthOut.org. February 7, 2008.

The American public and media have not picked up on the urgency surrounding a pending war with Iran.