Shelley Walden was the researcher for PEN America’s 2015 report, “Secret Sources: Whistleblowers, National Security and Free Expression.”
Shelley Walden
Articles by Shelley Walden
The Rhetoric of Media “Complicity” in the Age of Trump
“It’s not a crime for a newspaper to print leaks about a president’s behavior. Criticizing a president isn’t treason; it’s a First Amendment right.”
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.
The Trump Administration’s War on Sources
Today, we believe that the Trump Administration’s aggressive prosecution of sources is damaging to freedom of expression, press freedom, and access to information in the United States.