Unfortunately, everything that you just wrote is demagoguery. Why do you write such things?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden#Global_surveillance_disclosures
https://wikileaks.org/

As for me, friend, I say "The pen is mightier than the sword." Thank goodness, as you say, free speech is not paid for in consequence nor in any other currency.