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FISA Section 702 was sold as a tool to surveil foreign threats. In practice, it's a backdoor for spying on Americans. Now that Jay Clayton has been confirmed as DNI, the push to reform 702 only becomes more urgent. Tell Congress: No Warrant, No Access! secure.rightsanddissent.org/a/tell-congr...

Just days after a federal judge blasted the DOJ over subpoenas issued by U.S. attorney Jay Clayton for NYT journalists--leading to the withdrawal of those subpoenas--the Senate has voted to confirm Clayton for DNI. Defending Rights & Dissent strongly condemns the Senate's vote.

House Investigation of @btnewsroom.bsky.social Is an Attack on All Journalism We spoke to @seth-stern.bsky.social for @theintercept.com about the House subpoenas of activist and media groups and the threat they pose to the freedom of the press Full story here: theintercept.com/2026/07/27/b...

🚨Senate votes tonight! Jay Clayton has overseen subpoenas for journalists reporting in the public interest, & he won't commit to a warrant requirement for surveillance. Tell your Senators: Reject Jay Clayton for Director of National Intelligence! secure.rightsanddissent.org/a/tell-congr...

Oppose Jay Clayton for Director of National IntelligenceClayton has overseen violations of press freedom, denies the 2020 election results, and refuses to commit to a warrant requirement for surveillance. Use this tool to urge your Senators to vote NO on h...secure.rightsanddissent.org

The State’s War on the Left Didn’t Begin With Trump — But He’s Escalating It @chipgibbons.bsky.social on the Rubio-Miller 'political terrorism summit, the State Dept's McCarthyite 'Cuba Report', and Trump's NSPM-7 -- the memo outlining his blueprint to crush the left truthout.org/articles/the...

The subpoenas of @btnewsroom.bsky.social, the @peoplesforum.bsky.social & @tricontinental.bsky.social are a blatant pretext to intimidate dissenting activist groups and media outlets, part of the Trump administration's growing new McCarthyism Policy Director @chipgibbons.bsky.social breaks it down:

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If you missed it yesterday, @freedom.press hosted a panel discussion on Trump's NSPM-7: A Threat to Press Freedom Featuring our policy director @chipgibbons.bsky.social, @faizapatel.bsky.social, @drboguslaw.bsky.social Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogk7...

NSPM-7: A threat to press freedomYouTube video by Freedom of the Press Foundationwww.youtube.com

Defending Rights & Dissent objects to the State Department's McCarthyite report on Cuba, which makes unfounded claims seeking to tar domestic movements for social change as agents of a foreign government. (cont'd)

Reject expansion of US-Israeli military cooperation! A provision of the National Defense Authorization Act calls for the US & Israel to co-produce weapons, coordinate AI tech for war & meld together the US-Israeli military-industrial complex. Say NO to NDAA Section 219!

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Reporter @maxblumenthal.bsky.social, editor of @thegrayzonenews.bsky.social, was stopped & searched at the U.S. border upon return from Iran, where he reported on the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. CPB forced him to turn over his smartphone. Our statement on this attack on press freedom:

Defending Rights & Dissent board member and law professor Emily Berman explains that the Espionage Act is written so broadly that it's been abused to punish whistleblowers and the press, and why we must reform it. Contact your lawmakers today: secure.rightsanddissent.org/a/ellsberg-act

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Robert Ellsberg, son of legendary whistleblower Dan Ellsberg, recounts his father's prosecution under the Espionage Act and why we must reform the law now to end its abuse against truthtellers and journalists. Learn more at rightsanddissent.org

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On This Day in Espionage Act History On June 17, 2022, British Home Sec. Priti Patel signs an extradition order to send WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange to the U.S to face charges under the Espionage Act for publishing -- the first such charges for a journalist. Learn more: rightsanddissent.org

On this day in 1918, Eugene Debs delivered an anti-war speech for which he was convicted under the Espionage Act and sentenced to a decade in prison. It's long past time to reform this law and end its abuse against dissent, against whistleblowers, & against the press, for good.

109 years ago today, Congress created one of the most dangerous weapons in prosecutors' arsenal: the Espionage Act. We're spending June highlighting key milestones in the history of the Act, which has been used for over a century to silence dissent.

Trump has declared war on free speech in support of Palestine. We will not accept a Palestine exception to the First Amendment. That's why we're suing the govt to release all files on this authoritarian crackdown. Here's our Board co-president Shannon Al-Wakeel on the FOIA lawsuit.

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June is Espionage Act history month! One of the worst laws in our legal code, the Espionage Act poses a direct threat to whistleblowers, journalism, & your right to know. We're spending the month highlighting its abuses & the urgent need for major reform. www.rightsanddissent.org/news/june-is...

Once again the Trump administration is using the U.S.'s abusive sanctions regime to attack humanitarians and retaliate against critics of U.S. foreign policy. (Cont’d)

We condemn the abusive overreach of the U.S. government applying terrorism sanctions to humanitarian activists attempting to bring life-saving aid to the people of Gaza. (1/2)

Release Courtney Williams! Drop the charges now! Williams is an Army veteran who blew the whistle on sexual harassment & gender discrimination in the military. Now the government is charging her under the Espionage Act. Sign our petition with @dropsitenews.com! actionnetwork.org/forms/petiti...