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Firedoglake Dissenter
dissenter.firedoglake.com · Group blog · on HN since 2011
Firedoglake's Dissenter section reports on NSA surveillance, whistleblowers such as John Kiriakou and Edward Snowden, and civil liberties issues.
What HN saysHN commenters link it for reporting on drone strikes, Kiriakou's letters, and corporate impunity, with one noting a post copied its transcribed material.
20HN people shared it
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Most-shared posts
- 1NSA Reassures Its "Extended Family" That They Will "Weather This Storm"2 people · 16 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 2Imprisoned CIA Torture Whistleblower John Kiriakou Pens “Letter from Loretto”2 people · 10 points · first shared 2013 · 1 comments on HN
- 3Defense Department Blocks Access to Guardian to Prevent Viewing of NSA Leaks1 people · 181 points · first shared 2013 · 43 comments on HN
- 4Lawsuit Against NSA Warrantless Wiretapping Heads to Supreme Court1 people · 109 points · first shared 2012 · 11 comments on HN
- 5CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou’s Open Letter to Edward Snowden1 people · 97 points · first shared 2013 · 3 comments on HN
- 6Heathrow Customs Agent Interrogates Snowden Lawyer1 people · 8 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 7NSA Sent Home Holiday Talking Points for Employees1 people · 8 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 8Greenwald: Brazil's intervention kept my partner from being charged1 people · 5 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 9Dear New York Times: If Snowden Is a Whistleblower, What Is Chelsea Manning?1 people · 5 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 10"It Has Become Fashionable to Use Chemicals on People with Opinions"1 people · 2 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 11Bradley Manning Was Ordered to Sign "Voluntary Statements" at Quantico1 people · 2 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 12Ecuador’s Upcoming Announcement on Julian Assange’s Asylum Request1 people · 1 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 13Clapper Tries To Persuade Students Snowden Is No Whistleblower, Not a Hero1 people · 1 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 14Jeremy Hammond Pleads Guilty to Being Involved in the Stratfor Leak1 people · 1 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 15Leaked pakistan government report indicates dozens of children have been killed by us drones1 people · first shared 2013
What HN people wrote when they linked it
nealmydataorg · 2013-07-24
http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2013/07/22/leaked-pakistan-government… informs about number of people including children killed by drones.
http://news.yahoo.com/faa-warns-public-against-shooting-guns-drones-18… has information regarding drones used in USA.
knowtheory · 2013-05-31
So, i'm pretty disappointed that you took an article posted on FireDogLake (http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2013/05/29/imprisoned-cia-torture-whi… ), simply pulled the PDF and the text which they transcribed by hand, rehosted it yourself, and then posted it to HN.
Especially since you did it without any citation/reference (and since FDL notes that they did the legwork on this).
Edit: I'm going to give the OpenWatch guys the benefit of the doubt, and assume that they never saw the FireDogLake post, and that they were linked directly to the PDF of the letter that is hosted on DocumentCloud's S3 account.
It would be nice if they acknowledged the original source of the letter.
eightyone · 2013-05-16
They paid a $1.92-billion fine after laundering $881-million of drug money. Also, dont forget that they helped finance terrorists. [1] No one at HSBC went to jail. If you get caught with an ounce or two of cannabis, you're going to prison for 10 years. That's messed up.
[1] http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2012/12/16/hsbc-executives-get-no-jai…
emit_time_n3rgy · 2011-08-29
(full video) "The World According to Monsanto"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH4OwBYDQe8
Article on US State Dept Protecting Them
http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2011/08/25/us-sought-talking-points-t…
rosenjon · 2015-03-04
I think what he's pushing for is the ability to present any defense that he likes. Under certain statutes, you cannot raise a public interest defense. I believe the Espionage Act is one such statute. You cannot present a defense that is irrelevant to the commission of the crime, and under the Espionage Act it is the release of the information, regardless of intent, that is the crime. See here:
http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2013/08/09/obama-falsely-suggests-sno…
Venue shopping would obviously help him (ie Silicon Valley vs Arlington, Virginia). However, I think what he's pushing for is to be able to raise the illegality of the programs the government was hiding from the public (and lying about before Congress). It is not at all clear that this type of evidence would be allowed, and is pretty important for how a jury would construe his actions.