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| A curious mind, a benevolent heart, a radical optimist with ireverent //joie de vivre//, he was a spirited and tenacious defender of civil rights, anti-war, anti-authoritarian, a supporter of whistle-blowers and of all who tell truth to power. | A curious mind, a benevolent heart, a radical optimist with ireverent //joie de vivre//, he was a spirited and tenacious defender of civil rights, anti-war, anti-authoritarian, a supporter of whistle-blowers and of all who tell truth to power. |
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| He liked to quote that the duty of journalism is to "comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable". | He liked to quote that the duty of journalism is to "comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable." |
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| He founded and directed the [[https://tcij.org|Center for Investigative Journalism in London]], a laboratory and training center for bold innovative uncompromising journalism. | According to some documents released by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the FBI had been [[https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2017/apr/24/fbis-long-obsession-gavin-macfadyen/|targeting Gavin for his anti-nuclear activism and civil disobedience since the 1960s]], including via confidential informants. While no evidence of criminal activity seems to have ever been found, the FBI has [[https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2017/feb/09/fbi-cites-ongoing-investigation-and-classified-fil/|refused to release further information]] about their investigations of Gavin, claiming "national security" and "personal privacy" exceptions. |
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| | In 2003, he founded and directed the [[https://tcij.org|Center for Investigative Journalism in London]], a laboratory and training center for bold innovative uncompromising journalism. |
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| Gavin MacFadyen was Julian Assange's close friend, his mentor and ally. With his wife Susan Benn and John Pilger, another investigative journalist, they had formed a Julian Assange Defense committee. | Gavin MacFadyen was Julian Assange's close friend, his mentor and ally. With his wife Susan Benn and John Pilger, another investigative journalist, they had formed a Julian Assange Defense committee. |