Chip Gibbons

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Chip Gibbons is policy director of Defending Rights & Dissent. A journalist and researcher focusing on the US national security state, Chip is currently working on The Imperial Bureau, forthcoming from Verso Books. Based heavily on archival research and documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, it tells the history of FBI political surveillance and explores the role of domestic surveillance in the making of the US national security state.

Dozens of journalists protest, holding press badges and pictures of their colleagues Al Jazeera reporter Ismail al-Ghoul and cameraman Rami al-Rifi who lost their lives on duty in Gaza City, Gaza on August 01, 2024.

More Than 100 Journalists Come Together With Their Fellow Journalists in Palestine and Against US Complicity in Their Killing More Than 100 Journalists Come Together With Their Fellow Journalists in Palestine and Against US Complicity in Their Killing

A coalition has sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling on the US to impose an arms embargo immediately.

Aug 16, 2024 / Chip Gibbons and Nathan Fuller

Assange’s Case Shows Why Reforming the Espionage Act Is Imperative for Press Freedom

Assange’s Case Shows Why Reforming the Espionage Act Is Imperative for Press Freedom Assange’s Case Shows Why Reforming the Espionage Act Is Imperative for Press Freedom

Representative Rashida Tlaib has proposed an amendment to do so.

Jul 11, 2024 / Chip Gibbons

Julian Assange in police vehicle

End the Persecution of Julian Assange End the Persecution of Julian Assange

The fifth anniversary of Assange’s imprisonment would be a good day for the Biden administration to end this sordid saga—before it ends the First Amendment.

Apr 11, 2024 / Chip Gibbons

The FBI Is Setting Up a Task Force to Monitor Social Media

The FBI Is Setting Up a Task Force to Monitor Social Media The FBI Is Setting Up a Task Force to Monitor Social Media

But it is the worst possible candidate for the job.

Feb 1, 2018 / Chip Gibbons

J20 Protesters

The Prosecution of Inauguration-Day Protesters Is a Threat to Dissent The Prosecution of Inauguration-Day Protesters Is a Threat to Dissent

The government keeps expanding its efforts to prosecute J20 protesters, and this should alarm all of us.

Oct 20, 2017 / Chip Gibbons

What the Senate Should Ask FBI Nominee Christopher Wray

What the Senate Should Ask FBI Nominee Christopher Wray What the Senate Should Ask FBI Nominee Christopher Wray

The investigation into Trump and Russia isn’t the only subject Congress must press him on.

Jul 12, 2017 / Chip Gibbons

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