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James Risen

Exposed: Big Brother's 'Unique and Productive' Relationship with AT&T

'Guilty of Embarrassing Government': CIA Whistleblower Gets 42-Month Sentence

Lauren McCauley, staff writer

Prosecution of Jeffrey Sterling stands in stark contrast to leniency granted to former CIA director General David Petraeus

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'Nation's Top Censorship Officer': Targeted NYT Journalist Rebukes Eric Holder over Press Freedoms

Lauren McCauley, staff writer

James Risen, dragged through the mud by the Department of Justice, offers bold...

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Guilty Verdict for CIA Agent Called 'New Low' in War on Whistleblowers

Jon Queally, staff writer

Former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling, left, leaves the Alexandria Federal Courthouse on Jan. 26 with his wife Holly, center, and attorney Barry Pollack, after being convicted on all nine counts he faced of leaking classified information to a reporter. (Photo: Kevin Wolf/AP)

As case grounded 'largely on circumstantial evidence' results in guilty verdict...

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Defending Press Freedom, NYT Reporter Refuses to Reveal Key Details in Whistleblower Case

DOJ Says It Will Subpoena NYT Reporter James Risen

'Victory' Declared as Source Reveals DOJ Will Not Force James Risen Testimony

Will James Risen be Forced to Testify? DOJ Given Deadline in Critical Press Freedom Case

Journalist Risen: 'Mercenary Class' Now Permanent Fixture in National Security State

James Risen on Why Journalists Must 'Fight Back'

Pulitzer Winners Rally Around Risen for Press Freedom

In Stand for Free Press, Pulitzer Journalists Declare Support for James Risen

Supreme Court Sides with DOJ in Attack on Press Freedom

Newswire

Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA)

Sentencing of CIA Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling Is Set for This Afternoon

Government Accountability Project

“American Whistleblower Tour” Comes to AU

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James Risen

Donald Trump's Surveillance of New York Times Reporter Is a True Declaration of War Against the Press

Todd E. Pierce

US War Theories Target Dissenters

John Hanrahan

Whistleblowers and the Press Heavyweights

Marcy Wheeler

Yes, Eric Holder Does Do the Intelligence Community’s Bidding in Leak Prosecutions

Norman Solomon

The Invisible Man: Jeffrey Sterling, CIA Whistleblower

John Hanrahan

Sterling Prosecution Long on Rhetoric, Short on Evidence

Marcy Wheeler

The Sterling Closing Arguments: Who Is the Hero, Who Is the Storyteller?

Norman Solomon

Race, Leaks and Prosecution at the CIA

Marcy Wheeler

The Sterling Trial: Merlin Meets Curveball

Norman Solomon

Sterling Trial Opens in Security-State Matrix

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