Federal investigators often struggle to uncover national security leakers, but not in the case of Reality Leigh Winner, a government contractor arrested for allegedly sending a top-secret document to a news outlet.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Edward Snowden has become a household name after leaking eye-opening information to the media. Now the FBI is investigating a second suspected leaker who also was government contractor, Yahoo News reports. Agents have searched the Northern Virginia home of Michael Isikoff, who is accused of disclosing details of the government’s terrorist…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has urged the father of NSA leaker Edward Snowden to visit his son in Moscow, BBC reports. But Lon Snowden said he’s not going anywhere until the FBI divulges its intentions. Speaking to Russian state TV, Snowden said he’s worried his son won’t get a fair trial in the U.S….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com NSA leader Edward Snowden issued a hand-scrawled application for temporary asylum in Russia, and his lawyer said he could soon walk out of Sheremetyevo airport, The Christian Science Monitor reports. “The question of giving him temporary asylum won’t take more than a week. I think that in the near future he will…
