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Freedom of information: Public ignorant of cyberspace attacks

donal brown April 19, 2011

A U.S. senator concerned that the American public has not been adequately informed about the dangers of cyberspace attacks is seeking to poke a hole in the classification system to raise awareness. Steven Aftergood of Secrecy News quoted Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) about the effects of the attacks, “Every year, cyber attacks inflict vast damage on our Nation’s consumers, businesses, and government agencies. This constant cyber assault has resulted in the theft of millions of

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Senate committee wants stiffer penalties for leakers of classified information

donal brown April 7, 2011

The Senate Intelligence Committee wants to deprive current or former employees of federal intelligence agencies of their pensions if they illegally disclose classified information. The change was proposed after complaints that leakers faced no serious consequences for their actions. In a dissenting statement , Oregon Senator Ron Wyden wrote that he feared that the new penalties would discourage whistleblowers, “My concern is that giving intelligence agency heads the authority to take away the pensions of

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Espionage Act challenged by defense in trial of former CIA officer

donal brown February 28, 2011

Secrecy News’ Steven Aftergood says the federal government has once again seen how awkward it is to use the Espionage Act to indict its employees, in this case Jeffrey A. Sterling, a former CIA officer, for allegedly disclosing classified information to the press. Aftergood says, “An initial difficulty for the prosecution is that the espionage statute cited against Mr. Sterling (18 USC 793) concerns the protection of ‘national defense information.’ It does not mention ‘classified

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Man charged with espionage uses First Amendment defense

donal brown February 3, 2011

A former foreign policy analyst under indictment for espionage filed motions to dismiss the charges arguing that the charges violate his First Amendment right to talk with the press. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press February 2, 2011 By Kacey Deame A defendant charged with espionage for allegedly leaking “national defense information” to a news reporter has moved to have his case dismissed on First Amendment and other grounds. Stephen Kim, a

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Former CIA officer indicted for leaks to New York Times

donal brown January 10, 2011

The Obama administration indicted a former CIA officer, continuing its campaign to prosecute individuals for leaking classified information. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press January 7, 2011 By Peter Haldis A former CIA officer was indicted last month for allegedly providing a New York Times reporter with classified information. He is the latest in a string of leakers prosecuted by the Obama administration. Jeffrey Sterling, 43, of O’Fallon, Mo., was indicted on 10 counts,

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