Hong Kong Security Law Forcing U.S. Professors to Take Steps to Protect Students
"We are seeing a chilling illustration of the global consequences of the Chinese government's system of censorship, surveillance, and criminalization of speech." More
Senate Should Not Rush Intelligence Bill Passage
The USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020 is the perfect chance to pass much needed reform safeguarding America’s right to privacy. More
Nowhere to Turn: The Weak State of “Internal Channels” for Intelligence Community Whistleblowers
Three years ago, PEN America released an analysis of the free expression implications of the government’s “war on whistleblowers.” Today, that war is ongoing. In fact, it has accelerated. More
Reality Winner Sentence Has Troubling Ramifications for National Security Whistleblowers, Public Information
In Wake of Reality Winner Sentence, PEN America Calls on Congress to Reform Espionage Act to Allow for Information Disclosures That Advance Public Interest More
DARE: Trump Reverses Course, Signs Order Ending His Policy of Separating Families at the Border
Protests spanning Congress, civil society, Hollywood, the tech industry, airlines, and others prod Trump to reverse stance on separating migrant families and issue new Executive Order halting future separations.… More
Secret Sources: Whistleblowers, National Security, Free Expression Panel Discussion
NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake, Jesselyn Radack of ExposeFacts' Whistleblower & Source Protection Program, journalist James Risen, and Susan Glasser of Politico debate the impact of the Obama administration’s aggressive… More
The Dangers to National Security Whistleblowers
A new report released by PEN American Center has revealed a chaotic patchwork of protections for national security whistleblowers that leaves many intelligence community workers extremely vulnerable to retaliation… More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Thurs., September 24
Syrian cartoonist confirmed dead, Ecuadorian president censors critical videos, and the Obama administration explored bypassing encryption. More
PEN American Center and the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School Present: The Challenges of National Security Reporting
With Spencer Ackerman, Adam Goldman, Janet Reitman, and Grace Wyler More
Obama’s Surveillance State
The trauma of the wrongly accused is not the only damage wrought by massive and intrusive surveillance; these programs may also harm those who are watched accidentally and mindlessly… More