Today the U.S. State Department issued “Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism,” a 100-page report which purportedly aims to expose “the full history of Cuban espionage and subversion” in the United States. Defending Rights & Dissent Policy Director Chip

On July 13, 2026, The Grayzone reported that their editor-in-chief Max Blumenthal was detained at Dulles International Airport in Washington D.C. upon return from  a reporting trip to Iran to cover the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Agents searched Blumenthal’s

Yesterday the Supreme Court ruled in Chatrie v. U.S. that mobile phone users have an expectation of privacy from the government even when using apps that track their location data. Defending Rights & Dissent issued the following statement in response

Thanks to everyone who took action over the past few months to urge Congress to either enact substantive reforms or allow FISA section 702 sunset. We got the sunset! This is a major victory, but it also means there is

Defending Rights & Dissent Policy Director Chip Gibbons has issued the following comment in response to this weekend’s reports that the U.S. government has issued subpoenas to CodePink founder Medea Benjamin and political commentator Hasan Piker over their recent trip

Defending Rights & Dissent Policy Director Chip Gibbons has issued the following statement in response to news that Israel has abducted activists and reporters aboard humanitarian aid boats bound for Gaza: We are deeply concerned that Israel has once again