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Reality Winner
June 5, 2023
Critical Mass
David Klion
Reality Winner’s Story Was Never About a Leak
Tina Satter’s film “Reality” on HBO captures the cruelty of the surveillance state.
April 13, 2023
Magazine
Jacob Silverman
Inside the Surveillance State’s Propaganda Machine
Kerry Howley’s new book shows how the government distorts reality to turn whistleblowers into public enemies.
July 29, 2021
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Jacob Silverman
Sonia Kennebeck’s Grim Documentaries
About Whistleblowers Expose the Excesses of the National Security State
“Enemies of the State” and “United States v. Reality Winner” explore profound questions of secrecy, whistleblowing, and justice.
June 17, 2017
Margot Susca
The War on Leakers Is About to Get Worse
From the Pentagon Papers to Trump: How Washington gained the upper hand against whistleblowers.
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