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AIPAC Case Lingers On
Source: fas.org

In August 2005, Steven Rosen and Keith Weissman of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) were indicted under the Espionage Act on the extraordinary charge that they had improperly received and transmitted classified information that was provided to them by a govern …

Ex-CIA Official Warns He Will Spill Secrets
Source: The Washington Post

A former top CIA official accused of corruption and fraud is threatening to expose the identities of numerous agents and programs as part of his defense, prosecutors said.

Suing Bush: A Bizarre and Troubling Tale
Source: OpEdNews.Com Progressive

An attorney's account of....gag orders, cell phones snatched, forbidden to speak on the phone, false claims of "national security" for agenda-based reasons, more....this detailed account shows us the true state of affairs, the authoritarian government which post-911 USA has becom …

On the Borderlands of the 4th Estate

This article was written by Atticus Mullikin and was originally published on the European Journalism Center's Magazine section on January 8, 2007.

French Journalist Arrested Over al Qaeda Document Leak
Source: The Jawa Report

Reporters Without Bordres is, naturally, "outraged" and called the arrest "unprecedented". What's funny is how people in the media think that they should be immune from the normal legal process. Imagine if you or I were to leak classified information to the public?

Senate to cut off funding for Cheney
Source: International Herald Tribune

A Senate appropriations panel chaired by Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., refused to fund $4.8 million in the vice president's budget until Cheney's office complies with parts of an executive order governing its handling of classified information.

Cheney Defiant on Classified Material
Source: The Washington Post

Vice President Cheney's office has refused to comply with an executive order governing the handling of classified information for the past four years and recently tried to abolish the office that sought to enforce those rules, according to documents released by a congressional co …

FBI Struggles With Laptop and Gun Losses
Source: US News & World Report

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is struggling in-house to prevent its own guns and laptops from getting stolen or lost, according to the Justice Department's inspector general.

Bush's Impeachable Offenses, Part 3
Source: Ohmynews International

Bush illegally leaked 'cherry picked' information from a classified National Intelligence Estimate. Bush subsequently feigned ignorance of his involvement, keeping the public and the investigators from seeking accountability.

FBI: 25% of Files In Leak Cases Are 'Missing'
Source: The New York Sun

SAN FRANCISCO — The FBI is missing nearly a quarter of its files relating to investigations of recent leaks of classified information, according to a court filing the bureau made last week.

Op-Ed: Freedom of the Press v. National Security
Source: The Huffington Post

Geoffrey R Stone: A central question before the Committee is this: Should the United States criminally punish the press for publishing classified information?

Dept of Justice requests phone records of ABCNews reporters
Source: ABC News Blogs

According to ABCNews' "The Blotter", the Department of Justice requested phone records and other documents of 3501 people last year under a provision of the Patriot Act.

Op-Ed: For administration, mum's the only word
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Bush administration has an unhealthy appetite for secrecy — except when disclosure is politically expedient. That's arrogant, shortsighted and condescending to the American public.

Libby: Bush, Cheney Authorized Leaks
Source: The Nation

President Bush told Vice President Cheney to tell the vice president's chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, to disclose highly classified information regarding Iraq intelligence in order to try and discredit legitimate criticism of the administration.

Secrecy News 01/12/06
Source: fas.org

The unfortunate case of Wen Ho Lee, the Los Alamos scientist, accused (inapproriately and for political reasons) of espionage has resurfaced again.

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