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| {{ the_actors:kellen_dwyer.jpeg?200| }}==== Kellen S. Dwyer ==== | {{ :the_actors:300x300-kellen_dwyer.png|}} |
| [[the_actors:usgov:doj:start|Works for]] the US Department of Justice. | ==== Kellen S. Dwyer ==== |
| | [[the_actors:usgov:doj:start|Works for]] the US Department of Justice. [[the_actors:usgov:doj:grand_jury_in_alexandria_virginia|Prosecuting Assange case in the US, as part of the Grand Jury]]. |
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| === US v. Assange === | === US v. Assange === |
| Kellen Dwyer is listed in the indictment as a prosecutor in the US case against Julian Assange, and has been intimately involved in the case. His [[https://archive.is/d1dbt|infamous copy/paste error]] brought the case to light. He interrogated Siggi Thordarson on 6 May 2018, along with [[the_actors:usgov:fbi_special_agent_megan_brown|FBI Special Agent Megan Brown]] and Icelandic police. He was present during [[https://www.salon.com/2019/03/05/chelsea-manning-unsuccessfully-fights-subpoena-to-testify-before-grand-jury-probing-julian-assange_partner/|a closed-door hearing]] regarding efforts to force Chelsea Manning to testify against Assange and WikiLeaks. | Kellen Dwyer is listed in the indictment as a prosecutor in the US case against Julian Assange, and has been intimately involved in the case. His [[https://archive.is/d1dbt|infamous copy/paste error]] brought the case to light. [[the_actors:Siggi_Thordarson|He interrogated Siggi Thordarson]] on 6 May 2018, [[the_actors:usgov:doj:fbi:megan_brown|along with FBI Special Agent Megan Brown]] and Icelandic police. He was present during [[https://www.salon.com/2019/03/05/chelsea-manning-unsuccessfully-fights-subpoena-to-testify-before-grand-jury-probing-julian-assange_partner/|a closed-door hearing]] regarding efforts to force Chelsea Manning to testify against Assange and WikiLeaks. |
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| === Biography === | === Biography === |
| Kellen Dwyer is best known for [[https://archive.is/d1dbt|"accidentally" leaking information]] about the grand jury assembled against Julian Assange, when he made a copy/paste error in a separate filing. He was subsequently the [[https://www.lawfareblog.com/barrs-campaign-against-independent-expertise-claims-another-victim|subject]] of an [[https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/barrs-removal-career-national-security-official-weeks-election/story?id=72726426|ideologically-driven appointment]], [[https://www.salon.com/2020/09/01/very-alarming-barrs-abrupt-removal-of-national-security-official-before-election-sparks-worries/|replacing]] the Department of Justice’s top national security policy position, in a rather epic example of failing up under the Trump administration.\\ | Kellen Dwyer is best known for [[the_actors:usgov:doj:grand_jury_in_alexandria_virginia|"accidentally" leaking information about the grand jury]] assembled against Julian Assange, when he made a copy/paste error in a separate filing. He was subsequently the [[https://www.lawfareblog.com/barrs-campaign-against-independent-expertise-claims-another-victim|subject]] of an [[https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/barrs-removal-career-national-security-official-weeks-election/story?id=72726426|ideologically-driven appointment]], [[https://www.salon.com/2020/09/01/very-alarming-barrs-abrupt-removal-of-national-security-official-before-election-sparks-worries/|replacing]] the Department of Justice’s top national security policy position, in a rather epic example of failing up under the Trump administration.\\ |
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| Dwyer is listed as an adjunct at [[https://www.law.gmu.edu/faculty/directory/adjunct/dwyer_kellen|Antonin Scalia Law School]] at George Mason University, and taught a seminar in 2019 on [[https://www.law.gmu.edu/assets/files/academics/schedule/2019/fall/Dwyer_Hutchens_493-S.pdf|computer crimes]].\\ | Dwyer is listed as an adjunct at [[https://www.law.gmu.edu/faculty/directory/adjunct/dwyer_kellen|Antonin Scalia Law School]] at George Mason University, and taught a seminar in 2019 on [[https://www.law.gmu.edu/assets/files/academics/schedule/2019/fall/Dwyer_Hutchens_493-S.pdf|computer crimes]].\\ |
| * https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2018/09/mail_theft_leads_to_400k_in_cr.html | * https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2018/09/mail_theft_leads_to_400k_in_cr.html |
| * https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/islamic-teacher-gets-10-year-prison-sentence-for-pursuing-young-teen/2019/06/28/8ac40a0a-9783-11e9-916d-9c61607d8190_story.html | [[https://archive.is/5K7b1|archived]] | * https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/islamic-teacher-gets-10-year-prison-sentence-for-pursuing-young-teen/2019/06/28/8ac40a0a-9783-11e9-916d-9c61607d8190_story.html | [[https://archive.is/5K7b1|archived]] |
| | * [[https://archive.is/d1dbt|This prosecutor’s cut-and-paste mistake revealed case against WikiLeaks founder]] |
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