2024 Ellsberg
Conference
March 27 - April 17 2024
Public Interest Whistleblowing
Events
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Wednesday, March 27
7:00 - 8:30 PM ET (Webinar):
The Pentagon Papers and the Ongoing Threats to Freedom of the Press
Tuesday, April 2
7:00 - 8:30 PM ET (Webinar):
Afghanistan War Whistleblowers
Monday, April 8
4:00 - 5:30 pm ET (Webinar):
The FBI Whistleblowers of 1971
Wednesday, April 10
7:00 - 8:30 PM ET (Webinar):
Intelligence Community Whistleblowers: Risks and Consequences on the Frontlines of the War on Truth Tellers
Wednesday, April 17
4:00 - 5:30 PM ET:
Whistleblower Advocates
The Pentagon Papers and the Ongoing Threats to Freedom of the Press
Wednesday, March 27, 7:00-8:30 pm ET (Webinar)
The Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy invites you to join us for a webinar with leading experts on First Amendment rights and public interest whistleblowing will discuss attacks on freedom of the press and truth tellers from the 1971 publication of the Pentagon Papers to current Justice Department efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face charges under the Espionage Act.
Afghanistan War Whistleblowers
Wednesday, April 2 7:00-8:30 pm ET (Webinar)
The Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy invites you to join us for webinar with two former U.S. military officers who became outspoken critics of the war in Afghanistan—Daniel L. Davis and Matthew Hoh. Both men have received the Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling. Kelley Vlahos, senior advisor at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, will moderate the discussion.
The FBI Whistleblowers of 1971
Monday, April 8 4:00-5:30 pm ET (Webinar)
In early 1971 a small group of dedicated antiwar activists broke into an FBI office in Media, PA and stole records proving that the Bureau was engaged in criminal efforts to harass, punish, and silence political dissenters. Join us for a discussion with one of the burglars, the journalist who broke the story, and a former member of the Black Panthers.
Intelligence Community Whistleblowers: Risks and Consequences on the Frontlines of the War on Truth Tellers
Wednesday, April 10 7:00-8:30 pm ET (Webinar)
Meet two men—Thomas Drake and Jeffrey Sterling—who lost their careers at the NSA and the CIA and were unjustly punished for exposing wrongdoing in their agencies. Join the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy for a webinar with Kathleen McClellan, an attorney for the Whistleblower and Source Protection Program, as moderator.
Whistleblower Advocates
Wednesday, April 17 4:00-5:30 pm ET (Webinar)
The Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy invites you to join us for a webinar two attorneys who have assisted thousands of whistleblowers and have drafted, and advocated for, whistleblower protection laws: Tom Devine, Legal Director at the Government Accountability Project, and Anna Meyers, Executive Director of Whistleblowing International Network. Professor Kaeten Mistry, from the University of East Anglia, will moderate.
