Two national security law experts explain how the Espionage Act isn’t only about international intrigue, and share other important points about the law that was invoked in a search of Trump’s estate.
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The rise of the US military state since 9/11 has cost billions of dollars and resulted in the loss of nearly 1 million lives in wars abroad.
George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” was an instant success when it was first published. His writings on totalitarianism and socialism continue to be relevant today.
Revelations of spyware abuse suggest we’re moving to a new reality in which no phone is safe from surveillance.
Public interest disclosures are necessary in a functioning democracy. These reforms would make it harder to hold power to account.
In many instances, whistleblowers find the abusive power they have revealed turned against them, both ending their careers and harming their personal lives.
The US government wants to seize all the proceeds from Snowden’s new memoir.
Cohen’s sudden and stark transformation from ‘blind loyalty’ to utter betrayal says a lot about broader changes in how Americans view their employers.
Poitras’s latest film shows you can get too involved with your subject.
James Bond and Jason Bourne have little to tell us about modern spycraft.
Leaking classified information violates the law. But it doesn’t mean that people are abandoning their ethics.
Yes, Big Brother is almost definitely watching. Here, five tips for researchers on keeping you and your sources safe.
The technical consensus is clear: Adding ‘backdoors’ to encryption algorithms weakens everyone’s security. So what are the police and intelligence agencies to do?
The latest release from WikiLeaks, of information about CIA hacking efforts, is yet another reminder of how Americans and our government must better protect our secret information.
The US president’s attack on confidential sources is one of many legal and technological threats to public interest journalism, as a new report shows
Government agencies and contractors are now less trusting of their workers, and keeping a much closer eye on them, both on and off the job.
The announcement of Chelsea Manning’s commutation raises questions regarding the future of other high-profile leakers, like Julian Assange and Edward Snowden.
By choosing to talk to MI5’s most outspoken press critics, the spy boss has made a very shrewd move.
The dark web is often used for illegal activity and because of the way it’s structured, it’s hard to police.
Capitalism has become focused on expanding the proportion of social life that is open to data collection and processing – as if the social itself has become the new target of capitalism’s expansion.
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Research Fellow, University of Exeter, University of Exeter
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Professor of Global Politics and Cybersecurity, UCL
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Senior Lecturer in Global Security, King's College London
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Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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Lecturer in Computer Science, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University
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Professor in Media and Communication, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Technology, The Open University
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Lecturer in Strategy and Defence, University of Exeter
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Senior Lecturer in Media, Cardiff University
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Professor of Information Technology Management, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Media Specialist, Department of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
