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

NSA

Baltimore Sun Reporter Appears To Have Been Recipient Of Leaks From Indicted NSA Official

Justin Elliott | April 15, 2010, 3:00PM

In what's almost guaranteed to be a controversial case, a former high-level National Security Agency official was charged today with crimes related to allegedly leaking classified information to an unnamed newspaper reporter, who "published a series of articles about the NSA" between February 2006 and November 2007.

So who is the reporter? Circumstantial evidence suggests that it may be Siobhan Gorman, who at the time was with the Baltimore Sun and now works for the Wall Street Journal.

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Topics: NSA, National Security Agency, Siobhan Gorman, Thomas Drake

Obama Administration

Obama Adopts Bush's State Secrets Position -- And Exact Language -- In NSA Spying Case

Justin Elliott | November 2, 2009, 6:03PM

Here's a good catch from Michael Isikoff on the new blog Declassified at Newsweek:

It looks like the Obama Administration is invoking the state secrets privilege in a lawsuit alleging illegal surveillance by the National Security Agency -- and it's using the exact wording used by the Bush Administration two years ago in the very same case.

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Topics: Bush Administration, Dennis Blair, Eric Holder, J. Michael McConnell, Justice Department, NSA, Obama Administration, Shubert v. Obama