Trevor Timm is executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation
June 2024
At last, Julian Assange is free. But it may have come at a high price for press freedom
Trevor Timm
The Biden administration got a guilty plea and set a dangerous tone for reporters everywhere, says Trevor Timm, executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation
January 2024
Elon Musk has become the world’s biggest hypocrite on free speech
Trevor Timm
The world needs people willing to stand up for freedom of expression – which makes Musk’s trajectory all the sadder
December 2023
The US government should tell the public what it knows about UFOs
Trevor Timm
The Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, introduced a UFO transparency bill, which some Republicans want to kill. Even sceptics should oppose their efforts
June 2023
Daniel Ellsberg was one of history’s most consequential figures
Trevor Timm
May we all one day have as much courage – in life and in death – as Daniel Ellsberg
May 2023
If you care about press freedom, make some noise about Julian Assange
Trevor Timm
The US justice department has acted appallingly in the Assange case. If he can be prosecuted, so can journalists everywhere
March 2023
Ron DeSantis has his next target in his sights: freedom of the press
Trevor Timm
Florida’s rightwing governor and legislature want to gut one of the United States’ most important first amendment rulings
January 2023
Joe Biden may have broken the Espionage Act. It’s so broad that you may have, too
Trevor Timm
The Espionage Act is incredibly broad and spares literally no one. Readers of this newspaper may even have violated it
September 2022
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New York attorney general says ‘no one is above’ the law as Trump sued for fraud – as it happened
Don’t cheer for the Espionage Act being used against Donald Trump. It will backfire
Trevor Timm
June 2021
Trump spied on journalists. So did Obama. America needs more press freedom now
Trevor Timm
Before Trump, Obama’s justice department did more to hurt press freedom than any administration since Nixon. Here’s how we stop history repeating
August 2020
The Department of Homeland Security is a rogue agency. Democrats must take action
Trevor Timm
The agency has been spying on protesters and journalists. Congress must force the DHS to massively reform – or disband
July 2020
Camouflaged federal agents have descended on Portland. Trump's DHS is out of control
Trevor Timm
If Venezuela or Iran were perpetrating this nightmare, the US would stand against it. Instead, officials are promising more
May 2020
The US Senate voted to let Trump spy on your search history. But all is not lost
Trevor Timm
The amendment, which 10 Democrats voted in favor of, can still be fought against. And we must
January 2020
Brazil's charges against Glenn Greenwald reek of authoritarianism
Trevor Timm
The move to retaliate against Greenwald, who has reported critically on Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, is a threat to the press everywhere
September 2019
Trump's 'spy' comments are not far off from real US whistleblower policy
Trevor Timm
Trump is merely an egregious symptom of the underlying problem that’s plagued the US government for decades
April 2019
Assange's indictment is Trump's next step in his war on press freedom
Trevor Timm
The case against the WikiLeaks founder is the justice department’s perfect vehicle to ultimately get what Trump wants
December 2018
Trump is right to withdraw US troops from Syria
Trevor Timm
Thousands of troops fighting and dying in yet another Middle Eastern country is not what’s best for America
November 2017
The future of American privacy rights will be defined this year
Trevor Timm
Trump wants to keep our draconian surveillance laws. Don't let him do it
Trevor Timm
October 2017
Niger is the perfect example of the US state of perma-war
Trevor Timm
The little-known involvement of the US military in Niger shows how a hastily-written law allows global intervention without congressional oversight, writes Guardian columnist Trevor Timm
