Justice Department

Obama Justice Department Subpoenas New York Times Reporter In CIA Leak Case

Ryan J. Reilly | May 24, 2011, 11:25AM

The Obama administration's Justice Department has taken the extraordinary step of subpoenaing a journalist in a leak case against a former CIA operative.

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Topics: CIA, Central Intelligence Agency, James Risen, Jeffrey Sterling, Justice Department, Leaks

Thomas Drake

NSA Whistleblower: Government Wants To Send 'Chilling Message' On Leaks

Ryan J. Reilly | May 23, 2011, 12:32PM

Thomas Drake, who was charged with crimes related to allegedly leaking classified information to reporter, said in his first television interview on 60 Minutes Sunday that his prosecution is meant to send a "chilling message" to potential government whistleblowers.

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Topics: Justice Department, Leaks, NSA, Thomas Drake, Whistleblower, Whistleblowers

Wikileaks

Reports: Air Force Blocks NYT, Other News Sites Over Wikileaks

Rachel Slajda | December 14, 2010, 6:07PM

The Air Force is now blocking the web sites of the New York Times, the Guardian, and other news outlets that have posted diplomatic cables leaked by Wikileaks.

According to the Wall Street Journal and Reuters, the Air Force ordered the sites blocked from personnel computers last month. An Air Force spokeswoman told Reuters that the Air Force "routinely blocks Air Force network access to websites hosting inappropriate materials or malware (malicious software) and this includes any website that hosts classified materials and those that are released by WikiLeaks."

She said 25 sites have been blocked.

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Topics: Air Force , Leaks, New York Times, TPMTech, Tracy Jackson, U.S. Military, Wikileaks

Stephen Jin-Woo Kim

Ex-Federal Contractor Indicted For Leaks To Fox News

Ryan J. Reilly | August 30, 2010, 2:45PM

A former contractor for the State Department has been indicted on charges he leaked national defense information to a national news organization, according to an indictment unsealed late Friday.

Stephen Jin-Woo Kim -- a former senior adviser for intelligence who was on a detail to the arms control compliance bureau in the State Department -- allegedly gave national defense information to a reporter. The news organization is believed to be Fox News, and the information was about North Korea, according to news reports.

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Topics: Fox News, Leaks, Stephen Jin-Woo Kim