By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent said in a deposition that Paula Broadwell had regular access to CIA Director David Petraeus’ email that may have extended beyond the launch of an FBI investigation a month before the 2012 presidential election, Politico.com reports. Transcripts of the deposition show the CIA director was asked twice to…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former CIA Director David Petraeus faces sentencing Thursday for allegedly leaking classified information to a mistress who was writing his biography, Reuters reports. The retired U.S. Army General has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material. But Petraeus won’t be sent to prison because…
By MassLive Editorial If the CIA and the Justice Department were to get married, what kind of kids might the odd couple have? One answer: Spies who’d believe that they possess the legal smarts to talk their way out of nearly anything. When The Wall Street Journal reported late last year that the Justice Department was…
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By JOSH GERSTEIN Politico WASHINGTON — A federal jury’s decision Monday to convict a former CIA officer for leaking top-secret information to a New York Times reporter was a big win for prosecutors — and for Attorney General Eric Holder’s new approach to handling sensitive cases involving journalists. Holder decided to spare the reporter in…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent testified Wednesday that there is no direct evidence that an ex-CIA officer leaked classified information to a New York Times reporter, the Associated Press reports. But the agent said CIA man Jeffrey Sterling was often in contact with journalist James Risen as prosecutors finished up their case based…
A former FBI special agent said he had information that could have prevented the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks but he said the CIA prevented him from taking the evidence to FBI headquarters, Newsweek reports. Mark Rossini, who lost his job in 2008 for showing confidential FBI documents to actress Linda Fiorentino to help her…
By Denver Post Editorial Board All of the conciliatory talk from the Justice Department about leaving journalists out of its war on leaks appears to be just that — talk. That’s the only logical answer to the question of why New York Times reporter James Risen was on the witness stand in federal court Monday, being asked…
