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Jesselyn Radack

Jesselyn Radack

Jesselyn Radack is a national security and human rights attorney who heads the 'Whistleblower & Source Protection' project at ExposeFacts. Follow her on Twitter: @JesselynRadack

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The Other Drone Casualties: The Whistleblowers Who Tried to Stop It

The United States continues to play prosecutor, judge, jury, and executioner of anyone on the planet. Despite a decade of air carnage, the only person in prison is the man who exposed it.

Jesselyn Radack ·

The National Security Agency (NSA) logo is shown on a computer screen inside the Threat Operations Center at the NSA in Fort Meade. U.S. President George W. Bush visited the ultra-secret National Security Agency on Wednesday to underscore the importance of his controversial order authorizing domestic surveillance without warrants. (Photo: Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images)

SolarWinds Is Not the 'Hack of the Century.' It’s Blowback for the NSA's Longtime Dominance of Cyberspace

Breathless coverage of the SolarWinds hack functions to manufacture consent for NSA's internet hegemony and to divert us from considering alternative models of security.

Jesselyn Radack ·

Insider Threat Program Training and Trump’s War on Leaks: A Chilling Combination for Whistleblowers

The ongoing targeting of whistleblowers is contrary to a free and open democratic society, especially one where the First Amendment protects freedoms of speech, association, and the press.

Jesselyn Radack ·

"As a general matter, whistleblowers try to call out wrongdoing while sustaining the least damage to themselves, their families, and their colleagues."

Reality Winner Is a Whistleblower

Many whistleblowers pay a very high price. The least we can do is protect them.

Jesselyn Radack ·

The 'We Steal Secrets' Documentary on WikiLeaks Is Incredibly Biased

I was appalled to see the We Steal Secrets documentary portray whistleblowing as something that is deviant

Jesselyn Radack ·

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