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ACLU sues for records of FBI’s domestic spying

donal brown August 29, 2011

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the FBI and the National Security Agency for withholding information about the eGuardian monitoring system that collects information on “suspicious activity” that may include taking photos of important buildings. The ACLU has been unsuccessful in its attempts to acquire the information through the Freedom of Information Act. The ACLU writes in their court filing, “these records will significantly contribute to the public’s understanding of how local, state and

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Federal secrecy: Complaint to fight gratuitous classification

donal brown August 4, 2011

The former head of the Security Oversight Office, J.William Leonard, has filed a complaint against two federal agencies for classifying a document that has no secrets. The complaint asked that officials be punished for overclassification. Leonard said in his 34 years in government, he often saw documents unnecessarily classified as secret, and no one was ever punished for it. He said that since the government is indicting workers for leaking classified information, it is essential

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Whistleblower gets probation in espionage case

donal brown July 18, 2011

Charged with espionage for leaking classified information to a reporter concerning contracts let by the National Security Agency that he felt wasted taxpayers’ money, Thomas Drake agreed to a plea deal of one-year on probation and 240 hours of community service. The federal judge presiding over the case criticized the government for retreating on the eve of the trial and the two and a half year time period between the initial search of Drake’s house

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Federal judge allows National Security Agency to dodge question about ties to Google

donal brown July 14, 2011

A federal judge is allowing the National Security Agency to avoid answering the question about a possible relationship between the agency and Google after the China hacking incident of January 2010. The judge said NSA ruled the agency only had  state it can “neither confirm nor deny” that it has a relationship with Google.-db From a release from the Electronic Privacy Information Center, July 13, 2011. Full release

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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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