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Whistleblower gets plea deal, dodges espionage conviction

donal brown June 11, 2011

A former employee of the National Security Agency, Thomas A. Drake, charged with espionage for leaking classified information, struck a deal with the Justice Department admitting to a misdemeanor of using NSA’s computers to to provide information to a reporter for the Baltimore Sun. It is expected that Drake will not have to serve any jail time. Drake claimed he leaked information to the reporter out of concern that the agency was wasting taxpayer money

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Espionage Act: Washington Post questions charges against former government employee

donal brown June 6, 2011

Justice Department prosecutors are trying Thomas Drake, a former employee of the National Security Agency, for violation of the Espionage Act after Drake talked to a Baltimore Sun reporter about a program he thought was wasting billions of taxpayer dollars. A Washington Post editorial argues that the indictment and proposed punishment are not proportionate to the alleged crime. -db From a Washington Post editorial, June 5, 2011.

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Defense Department puts heat on employees to report suspicious information flows

donal brown May 24, 2011

A new directive requires Department of Defense personnel to report suspicious activities and behavior. Personnel could be punished for failing to report the specified activities. Steven Aftergood of Secrecy News writes, “The directive lists numerous actions that are subject to mandatory reporting including ‘attempts to obtain classified or sensitive information by an individual not authorized to receive such information’ and ‘requests for DoD information that make an individual suspicious, to include suspicious or questionable requests

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WikiLeaks protects its information with threat of huge monetary penalty

donal brown May 12, 2011

To make sure that none of its treasure of leaked information is leaked, WikiLeaks is asking its associates to sign a nondisclosure agreement that the leaked information is solely the property of WikiLeaks, and should anyone leak this commercial property, they would be subject to a penalty of 12 million pounds or almost $20 million. WikiLeaks has yet to sell any of its information and an attempt to auction off e-mails of an aide to

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WikiLeaks investigation part of broader campaign against leakers

donal brown May 12, 2011

As a federal grand jury is preparing to look into the WikiLeaks release of classified U.S. Iraq and Afghanistan war documents, the Justice Department is aggressively pursuing others accused of leaking government secrets. Says Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists’ Secrecy News, “For people who are concerned about freedom of the press, access to national security information, it’s a worrisome development. Leaks serve a very valuable function as a kind of safety valve.

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