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Review: 'War on Whistleblowers' fails to fully sound alarm
Since 2002, filmmaker-activist Robert Greenwald has made a string of vital feature documentaries, including the trenchant exposés "Uncovered: The War on Iraq" and "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism." His latest, the brief "War on...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Pentagon Papers Release (2011), U.S. Marine Corps, Iraq, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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NSA says classified information found on seized hard drives
The National Security Agency says it found top-secret information on hard drives that were seized in a failed espionage probe, and the agency is refusing to release the computers — despite the continued protests of their owners.
In court filings in...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Police Investigations, Peter Hermann, Crimes, Defense
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Former CIA officer charged with leaking classified information
A former CIA officer is facing decades in prison after being charged Monday with disclosing classified information to journalists, the latest in an unprecedented Obama administration crackdown against national security leaks. John Kiriakou, who made news...Tags: Prisons, Journalism, Justice System, Police Investigations, News Media
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2011: A re-wind
Fast cars zipped around downtown Baltimore streets and, it turns out, the race promoters' financial messes. A robocall that urged voters to relax and stay home led jurors to a vote of their own: guilty of election fraud. We bade farewell to an iconic...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Arts, Justice System, Justice System, Holidays
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Espionage charges dropped against ex-NSA manager
Former National Security Agency employee Thomas Drake accepted a plea deal Thursday that cleared him of espionage charges stemming from an alleged leak of classified information to a Baltimore Sun reporter who wrote about waste and mismanagement at the...Tags: Ted Stevens, Prisons, George W. Bush, Crimes, News Media
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Cardin wrong on whistleblowers
It was a tremendous disappointment to read that Sen. Ben Cardin is still pursuing that noxious legislation which will only punish whistleblowers that expose government malfeasance ("Cardin's spy bill draws anger," Nov. 25). Presumably, my senator wants to...Tags: Valerie Plame Wilson, Benjamin L. Cardin, Iraq, Pakistan, Defense
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Too many secrets
Every 6-year-old knows what a secret is. But apparently our nation's national security establishment does not.
Consider this strange case from earlier this year. On June 8, the National Security Agency, a top-secret government spy agency, heralded the...Tags: Los Angeles Times, George W. Bush, News Media, Defense, Google Inc.
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NSA employee accused of leaking information sentenced to probation
Thomas Andrews Drake, the former NSA employee accused of felony espionage but convicted of a misdemeanor computer violation, was sentenced Friday in Baltimore's federal court to 240 hours of community service and one year's probation.
It was an abrupt...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Constitutional Issues, Journalism, George W. Bush, News Media
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NSA whistleblower is an American hero
Since I believe Thomas Drake is a hero for blowing the whistle on incompetence and possible malfeasance at the National Security Agency, I attended his sentencing hearing ("No jail time for ex-NSA official," July 16). I appreciated the fact that U.S....Tags: Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Judges, Defense
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NSA whistle-blowers want seized computers returned
Four former analysts at the National Security Agency who had complained that waste and mismanagement impeded efforts to protect America are trying to force authorities to return personal computers seized from their homes in 2007. Among those joining...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Terrorism, Police Investigations, Defense, National Security Agency
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Feds should return computers to NSA whistleblower
It was shocking to see that the National Security Agency is still persecuting Thomas Drake, the whistleblower who exposed a wasteful computer system and then was prosecuted ("NSA whistle-blowers want seized computers returned," Nov. 18). He and his...Tags: Iraq, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Defense, Judges
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Cardin bill angers whistleblower advocates
Legislation drafted by Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin to update the 1917 Espionage Act has angered public disclosure advocates who say the proposal would make it harder for federal employees to expose government fraud and abuse. The bill would clarify a murky...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, American Civil Liberties Union, Justice System, Defense, Judges
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