Latest Espionage act Podcast Episodes
The Voices of the Belmarsh Tribunal featuring Margaret Kunstler, Srecko Horvat, Chip Gibbons, Jeffrey Sterling, Deborah Hrbek, Nancy Hollander & Mohamed Ould Slahi
Primary Sources - March 22, 2022 22:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWhen whistleblowers have been tried under the Espionage Act, the US government has successfully barred them telling the jury about what it is they are on trial for exposing. It’s clear the US government is afraid of juries hearing about the realities of drone strikes, mass surveillance, torture,...
The Persecution of Julian Assange featuring Nils Melzer
Primary Sources - January 26, 2022 16:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings"A prosecution is when you use court proceedings to prosecute a crime. When you misuse judicial institutions to persecute, to silence a dissident who has committed no crime and you're using the judicial machinery to silence him and to punish him, that's persecution." This is how UN Special Ra...
The War on WikiLeaks featuring Kevin Gosztola
Primary Sources - December 23, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThis is the story of one of the largest leaks of classified information in US history, leaks which exposed US war crimes and other abuses of power. From 2010 to 2011, WikiLeaks worked with media the world over, to publish the Collateral Murder Video, Iraq and Afghan War Logs, State Department Ca...
Wikileaks & The Guantanamo Files feat. Andy Worthington & Clive Stafford Smith
Primary Sources - November 18, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThe prosecution of Julian Assange marks the first time a publisher of truthful information has been indicted under the Espionage Act. In the first of a series of episodes exploring what WikiLeaks exposed and the lengths the US government went to silence them, Primary Sources looks at WikiLeaks' ...
The Drone Whistleblowers feat. Lisa Ling, Cian Westmoreland, Keagan Miller & Christopher Aaron
Primary Sources - October 27, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThose in the drone program have witnessed first hand the serious human costs of the US's global assassinations program. For years, veterans of the drone program have worked to alert the public to the realities of the drone warfare. The Kabul Strike, which killed 10 civilians, including 7 child...
Empire of Lies feat. Matthew Hoh
Primary Sources - October 08, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratings"There's been one systemic process of lying throughout the Afghan War. From the Bush Administration to the Obama Administration to the Trump Administration it has just been systemic lying from the American government about the war." This is what Matthew Hoh says about the US war in Afghanistan ...
Jailing the Messenger: The CIA's Torture Whistleblower feat. John Kiriakou
Primary Sources - September 08, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsAfter September 11, 2001, the Central Intelligence Agency, with the approval of President George W. Bush, began a highly classified program of renditions and torture. While torture violates both US and international law, President Obama declined to hold any one accountable for the program, sayin...
The Whistleblower and the Wrath of the NSA feat. Thomas Drake
Primary Sources - August 26, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThomas Drake swore an oath to defend the US Constitution on multiple occasions. His fidelity to that oath put him on a collision course with his employer, the National Security Agency. Drake assisted in an inspector general complaint concerning a costly intelligence boondoggle and aided Congress...
The CIA v. The Unwanted Spy feat. Jeffrey Sterling
Primary Sources - August 11, 2021 15:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsJeffrey Sterling has described himself as an unwanted spy. In the early 2000s, he attempted to take the CIA on over its racial discrimination against him. Citing the state secrets doctrine, his case was never considered on its merits. Later, he would go to the Senate Intelligence Committee to ...
The Whistleblower Who Takes On Espionage Act Prosecutions feat. Jesselyn Radack
Primary Sources - July 28, 2021 06:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsAttorney Jesselyn Radack has been at the forefront of opposing the government's War on Whistleblowers. She has represented numerous clients indicted under the Espionage Act, including Edward Snowden, Daniel Hale, Thomas Drake, and John Kiriakou. Jesselyn knows first hand the perils of being a wh...
Secrecy, Repression, and The Espionage Act Century feat. Carey Shenkman
Primary Sources - July 14, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsPassed during World War I, the Espionage Act was President Woodrow Wilson's "firm hand of repression" that he used to silence antiwar voices. Touted as a law against spies and saboteurs, the Espionage Act has in fact been a tool to control the flow of information and suppress dissent. Over the ...
Defending Rights & Dissent Presents... The Primary Sources Podcast, hosted by Chip Gibbons
Primary Sources - June 30, 2021 16:00 - 39 seconds ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsTruthtelling can be an act of resistance. Join Defending Rights & Dissent policy director Chip Gibbons as he brings you the stories of whistleblowers and other truthtellers who expose civil liberties and human rights abuses committed under the guise of national security and the attempts to silen...
The New York Times, the Pentagon Papers, and the Secret Weapon of the First Amendment
Primary Sources - June 30, 2021 04:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWhen The New York Times published the Pentagon Papers it sparked one of the greatest battles for press freedom in US history. In an unprecedented move, the Nixon administration sought to bar The New York Times from publishing further. The Times's outside counsel had told them they would not defe...
From the Pentagon Papers to the Doomsday Machine feat. Daniel Ellsberg
Primary Sources - June 13, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsDaniel Ellsberg is the most iconic whistleblower in US history. On our inaugural episode, he joins host Chip Gibbons for an in-depth conversation. On the 50th anniversary of the Pentagon Papers release, Ellsberg explains how the top secret history of the Vietnam War led him to believe the war ...
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