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[ExposeFacts @xposefacts]

If you are a government employee or contractor thinking about blowing the whistle on national security or human rights issues, it is important to understand your legal rights & how to navigate risks. We are available for free & secure consultation. [email protected]

[Senator Peter Welch @SenPeterWelch]

Alarming reports suggest that U.S.-based security companies—employing American military veterans—have used lethal force against unarmed Palestinian civilians at aid distribution sites.

My colleagues and I and demanding answers.

[unR̶A̶D̶A̶C̶K̶ted @JesselynRadack]

I loathe Bolton, but dropping 18 counts down to one sounds like they vastly overcharged him. He’ll pay a fine but do no time.

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🇺🇸 CONGRESS EXPLAINED | If opposing another Middle East war is popular and good politics, why isn’t Democratic leadership embracing the Lebanon War Powers Resolution?

Demand Progress Executive Director Sean Vitka says “there is a lot of structure in Congress designed to obscure, frankly, bad members of Congress.”

He says Congress has developed internal structures designed to shield members from politically difficult votes. Instead of forcing lawmakers to go on the record, he argues, party leaders often “just stop the vote from occurring at all.”

It prevents the public from seeing: “Who is leading? Who is our champion for stopping this war, for stopping genocide, and who is in the way?”

@SeanVitka | @ryangrim | @maysamustafa

[🙃 Jake Laperruque 🤔 @JakeLaperruque]

Trump can name a new acting DNI at any time. If Dems give him a blank check for warrantless FISA by passing GOP Leadership bill in exchanging for pulling Pulte, what’s to stop Trump from installing someone just as bad (or even worse) in two weeks?

Child level naivety

[Demand Progress @demandprogress]

Donald Trump & Stephen Miller want to keep their FISA surveillance authority with NO PRIVACY REFORMS and 42 Democrats voted to give it to them!

A new vote is coming up soon.

Visit Trumpsfavoritedems(dot)org to tell these Democrats to say no to Trump and protect our privacy.

[Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz]

This is really bad and defacto ID verification for the internet. It will enable mass surveillance and censorship at a time when LGBTQ ppl, immigrants, activists, journalists and whistleblowers are under attack. Not to mention cutting kids off from crucial lifelines

[unR̶A̶D̶A̶C̶K̶ted @JesselynRadack]

Tragic irony that @60Minutes fired @ScottPelley for speaking truth to the talentless @bariweiss . . . He interviewed me, @Thomas_Drake1, #RealityWinner & many other #whistleblowers.
#respect
https://t.co/VQh1zMyzBh

[William Neuheisel @wneuheisel]

Also June 21st is the date when the Espionage charges against @Snowden were unsealed.

[Freedom of the Press Foundation @FreedomofPress]

Patriotic individuals who alert the public to government wrongdoing are whistleblowers, not spies.

Read the letter we signed calling for the Espionage Act charges against Courtney Williams to be dropped: https://t.co/kbgUNSN1oA

[William Neuheisel @wneuheisel]

.@sethharpesq's book is some of the most important reporting in the past decade, exposing rampant criminality under the veil of secrecy. Courtney Williams is a brave #whistleblower who tried to correct a toxic unprofessionalism that could've been a counterintelligence nightmare

[Rep. Warren Davidson @Rep_Davidson]

Claiming the federal government doesn't purchase Americans' data is just blatantly untrue. The FBI admitted to it under oath last month.

This is exactly why I introduced the Government Surveillance Reform Act to close the data broker loophole. https://t.co/LHqON70clH

[unR̶A̶D̶A̶C̶K̶ted @JesselynRadack]

#25thAmendmentNOW

[Tom Dannenbaum @tomdannenbaum]

“Military-aged male” is not a legal category. The categories are “civilian” & “combatant”.

In case of doubt, a person is presumed civilian. Age & gender are not close to sufficient to dispel such doubt. Speculative beliefs about threats are also insufficient.

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[QuitGPT @quitchatgpt]

Okay @jahimes, here’s 2 minutes of you saying NSA doesn’t buy our data (it does).

[Dan McClellan @maklelan]

This seems really bad but also like it was exactly the goal of systematically dismantling our federal government's standards & protections.

[Van Jackson @RealVanJackson]

This piece on Palantir death-tech and the kill chain is breathtakingly good https://t.co/2Z6mnLQumK

[Szabolcs Panyi @panyiszabolcs]

‼️Statement on the Orbán Government Accusing Me, an Investigative Journalist, of Espionage‼️

Today, the Hungarian government has filed a complaint against me for espionage. Accusing investigative journalists of espionage is virtually unprecedented in the 21st century for an EU member state. This is typical of Putin’s Russia, Belarus, and similar regimes.

I have spent over a decade documenting how Russian spies and interests have penetrated Hungarian politics, so I am probably the least surprised by this.

Despite growing signs that the Hungarian government acts as a Kremlin ally and copies the Russian model, I still trust that parts of the Hungarian state—and the judiciary—follow the Hungarian constitution, not that of the Russian Federation.

I have never engaged in espionage. I see my work as journalistic counterintelligence—from exposing the hacking of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry by Russian actors to revealing the activities of Hungarian pro-Kremlin propagandists.

Defending myself publicly would be easier if I were not bound by source protection. But that remains my top priority. I cannot reveal who provides me information or what I receive, including from within Hungarian state structures.

If I were not a journalist, I could list many facts proving it is impossible for the Hungarian state to genuinely believe I am spying. Certain meetings, contacts, and information gathering could never have happened otherwise.

This baseless accusation now forces me to share details of a specific investigation, including a conversation with a confidential source that appears to have been wiretapped. Normally, this would appear in a finished article or my upcoming book—not here. (It will appear there as well.)

Since 2023, I have investigated whether the relationship between Péter Szijjártó and Russian officials exceeds legal limits. The published audio, where I’m heard talking to a source, mentions that communication between Szijjártó and Sergey Lavrov is recorded by EU intelligence services. Less attention has gone to my point that this relationship raises strong suspicion of political intelligence activity and influence operations in Russia’s interest.

These are serious claims and hard to prove. As a journalist, I cannot force anyone to speak or hand over documents. That is why gathering this information has taken so long—and why I spoke to that sensitive source (while the conversation was secretly recorded).

Serious claims require serious evidence, and I believe I have gathered some. I have not engaged in espionage.
I have not cooperated with any foreign intelligence service in surveilling Szijjártó. Instead, I tried to verify earlier fragments of information about Szijjártó–Lavrov communication.

I sought to identify the channels and phone numbers used, and whether a secret channel—possibly used by Russian intelligence—exists. In other words, whether Szijjártó uses a hidden device or number unknown even within the Hungarian Foreign Ministry.

This was only one part of my research. The other, more serious topic is this:

Since at least 2016–2017, EU and NATO intelligence services have had indications that large amounts of cash and precious stones may have been transported from Russia on Hungarian government aircraft or private jets used by government figures. Officials from at least six countries made such claims to me.

These signals did not come from monitoring Hungarian targets, but, for example, from intercepting Russian officials discussing or preparing such shipments.

Alongside Szijjártó–Lavrov communication, I examined how baggage screening and handling works on such flights, which officials travel with what luggage, whether more packages arrive from Moscow than depart, and how such shipments could be handled discreetly.

I know how serious this is, and I would not have written even this much—but since I do not know what else may be taken from the edited recording, or what fabricated accusations (like, for example, that I was seeking such details to commit terrorism) may follow, I believe I must share this now.

Why do I investigate all this?

According to many sources familiar with the Hungarian state and counterintelligence, there is no independent body in the Orbán system able to investigate or act if a senior official is suspected of espionage.

Government members direct intelligence services and set expectations. The services lack both tools and authority to investigate a government member.

I knew this would be difficult when I chose to pursue it. But few people in Hungary can or dare to do this, so I felt it was my duty.

We have now reached the point where the Orbán government—of which Szijjártó is still a member—aware of my reporting plans and the risk they pose, has preemptively accused me of espionage.

I am a Hungarian patriot. I serve the public. As an investigative journalist, my job is to hold power accountable. Neither political theater nor legal threats will deter me.

[James B Wells @JamesWellsB2]

Whistleblowing Fact 1181:
Ryan Schwank, a former ICE lawyer & legal instructor turned whistleblower, resigned after alleging he was secretly ordered to teach trainees to enter homes without a judicial warrant, in violation of the Constitution. https://t.co/eZa6uIo8M2

[Freedom of the Press Foundation @FreedomofPress]

"The claim that publishing leaked documents is criminal has evolved into a theory that merely asking questions is, too."

Red more from FPF's Seth Stern in @theintercept:
https://t.co/c1zNTXSQVM

[alan rusbridger @arusbridger]

Cops have twice raided Quaker meeting houses to arrest people- and seize their phones/laptops - without so far charging anyone. Are we seeing pre-emptive policing to make the very idea of protest impossible? https://t.co/huVi4WdF4X

[William Neuheisel @wneuheisel]

As @JohnKiriakou & @ARetVet can tell you from experience: if you are a govt employee or contractor thinking about blowing the whistle or speaking to press, contact an attorney first. We are available for free & secure consultation. [email protected]