By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Here’s a big mistake that’s been made over the years by law enforcement. This time it involves a National Security Agency (NSA) contractor. Dell Cameron of Gizmodo reports: In the case of a former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor accused of stealing a huge cache of classified documents, a federal judge…
A top U.S. intelligence official told lawmakers Tuesday that President Trump has not ordered his agencies to combat Russia’s continuing inference in the American election process, despite what he called the Kremlin’s “sustained aggression.”
At least three people, including a police officer, were shot this morning near NSA headquarters in Maryland, and one suspect is in custody, according to local media reports.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The constant battle over privacy and the need to access information for national security is playing out in Washington. Devlin Barrett of the Washington Post reports: FBI Director Christopher A. Wray warned Friday that changing the rules of a soon-to-expire surveillance program could create new barriers to preventing terrorist attacks, similar…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Accused National Security Administration leaker Reality Winner revealed she “screwed up royally” when she smuggled classified information — hidden in her pantyhose — out of an NSA facility in Georgia and sent material to the media, according to documents of her FBI interview, ABC News reports. A transcript of Winner’s FBI interview was…
Suspected NSA leader Reality Leigh Winner is accused of writing in a journal, “I want to burn the White House down.”
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.
After President Trump repeatedly asked then-FBI Director James Comey to swear loyalty to the president during a one-on-one meeting in the White House in February, the Republican is accused of trying to get two top intelligence officials to intervene.
