Investigative journalism and reporting has become much more dangerous. This is especially true for journalists and sources in National Security - but it has been getting pretty bad for beat reporters and small outlets doing local reporting, too.

The most important people for me, at least in the last couple of years since I came out, are my supersecret trans friends and confidantes. I think I need to come up with a code name for this circle.

Day-to-day life is as simple as it is routine - though my days are often long and very busy.

I have served a sufficiently long sentence. I am not asking for a pardon of my conviction.

Disturbingly, the First Amendment, along with the Fourth Amendment - protecting against unreasonable searches and seizures, and requiring warrants - have been the major casualties of the shift in government policy in the last two decades. Unfortunately, I think that the biggest consequences of this tragedy won't be clear until it is far, far too late.

If an organization produces a document, it should be made public as soon as possible.

I think we can achieve meaningful change, but only if we demand that the institutions themselves change their behavior.