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Why the U.S. Secrecy Surrounding Evan Gershkovich?

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MONDAY, JULY 22, 2024
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

– George Bernard Shaw
Everybody’s Political What’s What? (1944)

HORNBERGER’S BLOG
July 22, 2024
Why the U.S. Secrecy  Surrounding Evan Gershkovich?
Last Friday, a Russian court, operating in secret, convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich of espionage and sentenced him to 16 years in a Russian penal colony. Ever since Gershkovich’s arrest in March 2023, I have written extensively about the case: https://www.fff.org/?s=Gershkovich The Journal and U.S. officials have responded to the verdict and sentence in the same way they have responded ever …
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