By Jeff Stein Spy Talk WASHINGTON –– Is John Kiriakou a leaker or a patriotic whistleblower? Some rare, public name-calling among lawyers close to the case has broken out over the question. Some of the ex-CIA man’s most fervent supporters claim the government is persecuting a patriot who helped expose CIA water boarding and the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Media coverage of national security issues has become more difficult because employees at federal agencies have been afraid to speak out since the FBI began its hunt for leakers of sensitive information, the New York Times reports. In one of the most thorough criminal investigations of intelligence disclosures in years, agents are…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Worried about the impact on leaked, sensitive economic date, the FBI helped convince the U.S. Labor Department to tighten control of the information, Reuters reports. A Labor Department study suggests some financial institutions had access to the agency’s press room before the economic reports were made public. The information is important because…
By Cora Currier ProPublica Recent scoops on national security have drawn the ire of Republican lawmakers, who have accused the Obama White House of leaking stories that burnish its image. Obama responded that he has “zero tolerance” for leaks. He also said: “the writers of these articles have all stated unequivocally that they didn’t come…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Authorities are investigating leaks about a thwarted al Qaeda plot to blow up a U.S.-bound plane, reports the New York Times. FBI Director Robert Mueller told a Congressional Committee Wednesday that the the leaks are compromising national security efforts and would be pursued accordingly. White House efforts to prosecute individuals who leak security…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A former CIA officer, who helped track down and capture a big terror suspect, was charged Monday with repeatedly disclosing classified information to journalists, including the name of a covert CIA officer and information revealing the role of another CIA employee in classified activities, the Justice Department said. The charges were…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III said Wednesday that his agents were assisting the Department of Defense in a controversial leak investigation into the ream of documents that were leaked on the Afghanistan war. Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, he also acknowledged a Justice Department probe into the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The lawyer for seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has sent off a letter to a Los Angeles federal prosecutor complaining about leaks in a grand jury probe into possible doping conspiracies involving Armstrong’s team, the Associated Press reported. Lawyer Tim Herman wrote federal prosecutor Doug Miller of the L.A….
