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Manning defense team says secrecy demolishes chances of fair trial

donal brown April 24, 2012

Attorneys for Pfc. Bradley Manning, charged with espionage for leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, are charging that the federal prosecutors are withholding documents needed for a defense. Manning’s attorneys say that they have been frustrated in their attempts to gain access to official “damage assessments” that provide details on the actual damages of the leaks to national security. -db From the Courthouse News Service, April 23, 2012, by Adam Klasfeld. Full story  

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Former CIA officer indicted for leaking classified information about Guantanamo interrogations

donal brown April 16, 2012

A former CIA agent has been charged with violating the Espionage Act by leaking classified information on the Guantanamo interrogations to reporters. Ex-CIA agent John Kiriakou worked for the CIA from 1990 to 2004 and is among six government employees charged in recent years with violating the Espionage Act by talking to the media. -db From the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, April 13, 2012, by Andrea Papagianis. Full story    

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Technology imperils whistleblowers

donal brown March 20, 2012

The Obama administration’s record number of prosecutions for leakers may not be attributed solely to their zeal for secret government but rather more to the ease with which the administration can catch leakers with better surveillance and the availability of electronic records. A journalist at the 14th annual National Freedom of Information Day conference said if he were a government employee with information on wrong doing, he would never use the telephone or e-mail to

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Intelligence analysis firm says U.S. preparing indictment of Julian Assange

donal brown February 29, 2012

United States prosecutors are planning to indict WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, on espionage or conspiracy charges according to e-mails from Stratfor, an intelligence analysis company that works for the federal government. WikiLeaks and Anonymous obtained the e-mails through hacking and are releasing them to news media throughout the world including The Sidney Morning Herald. -db From The Sidney Morning Herald, February 29, 2012, by Philip Dorling. Full story  

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Government study of leaks of classified documents calls for dialogue with media

donal brown February 9, 2012

A study of leaks of classified information says that the friction caused by interests in keeping national security secrets and in the public’s right to know can be mitigated to some extent through improved understanding and management achieved partly through dialogue between the government and media. WikiLeaks has changed the secrecy terrain, writes Steven Aftergood for Secrecy News, with the government’s increased focus on leaks and use of new surveillance tools. -db From a commentary

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