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UNCOVERED: 12 - The Untold Story

Trump, Pence and Biden won't go to jail

What happened to whistleblowers like our client Daniel Hale never happens to high-level government officials

Salon

Jail time and wrist slaps: US secrets probes boast messy history

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump, Joe Biden and now Mike Pence join a long line of U.S. officials investigated for mishandling classified material. A look at dozens of similar cases over decades shows that the Justice Department’s decision to press charges is rarely as simple as it might seem.

Tribune News Service

Three active-duty Marines are charged in the Jan. 6 riot

Micah Coomer, Joshua Abate and Dodge Dale Hellonen were arrested on misdemeanor charges after fellow Marines helped investigators identify them in footage among the pro-Trump mob on Jan. 6, 2021.

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A Politically Split Congress Can Perhaps Fuel Federal Surveillance Reforms

Part of a law that authorizes warrantless snooping is about to expire, opening up a opportunity to better protect our privacy rights.

Reason

NSA director pushes Congress to renew surveillance powers

A top U.S. intelligence official is urging Congress to renew sweeping powers granted to American spy agencies to surveil and examine communications

The Independent UK

She spied for Cuba for years from inside the US government. Now she’s walked free

As the US reeled in the wake of 9/11, the arrest of a top government analyst who’d spent years spying for Cuba went almost unnoticed. Ana Montes has now left prison and the author of a new book tells Sheila Flynn just how damaging her betrayals really were, not only…

The Independent UK

Exclusive-Russian hackers targeted U.S. nuclear scientists

A Russian hacking team known as Cold River targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the United States this past summer, according to internet records reviewed by Reuters and five cyber security experts.

Reuters

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OLD She spied for Cuba for years from inside the US government. Now she’s about to walk free

As the US reeled in the wake of 9/11, the arrest of a top government analyst who’d spent years spying for Cuba went almost unnoticed. Ana Montes leaves prison this month and the author of a new book tells Sheila Flynn just how damaging her betrayals really were, not only…

The Independent UK

Countering Terror Financing Should Be Priority: NSA Doval At Key Central Asian Security Ministers' Meeting

Flagging the persistence of terrorist networks in Central Asia, including in Afghanistan, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Tuesday emphasised on making countering of terror financing a priority for India and other countries in the region. Read on for details:

Dynamite News

Edward Snowden swears allegiance to Russia, receives new passport

Mr Snowden was initially granted asylum in Russia in 2013

The Independent UK

U.S. whistleblower Snowden gets a Russian passport -TASS

Former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who exposed the scale of secret surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA), has sworn an oath of allegiance to Russia and received a Russian passport, TASS reported on Friday.

Reuters

Uttar Pradesh's anti-mafia task force gets conviction of 41 gangsters, henchmen in a year

LUCKNOW: A total 12 gangsters and their 29 aides have been convicted in different crimes between January 2021 and November 2022. Police seized their properties worth Rs 2,500 crore and booked 16 under the National Security Act (NSA).

The Times of India

Renovated and reopened National Cryptologic Museum a spymaster’s delight; newly declassified artifacts on display

BALTIMORE — The newly renovated and reopened National Cryptologic Museum, run by the National Security Agency and located near the spy agency’s headquarters at Fort Meade, deals a fatal blow to one of the most enduring myths of the Cold War: There is no “red phone” linking the Oval Office…

Tribune News Service

Wait, how do we declassify documents?

Trump's telepathic powers are delusional — but government classification powers are too often absurd and abusive

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The Conversation

What is Fog Reveal? A legal scholar explains the app some police forces are using to track people without a warrant

Government agencies and private security companies in the U.S. have found a cost-effective way to engage in warrantless surveillance of individuals, groups and places: a pay-for-access web tool called Fog Reveal.

The Independent UK

Ex-NSA worker accused of selling secrets ordered detained

A former National Security Agency employee from Colorado accused of trying to sell classified information to Russia will remain behind bars while he is prosecuted

The Hindu

Do not ignore any communication shared by NSCS, NSA: PM Modi to ministers

PM Modi said there were instances when notes from the National Security Council Secretariat were not given due importance

The Independent UK

Ex-NSA worker charged with trying to sell US secrets

A former National Security Agency employee is charged with trying to sell classified information to a foreign government

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Ex-NSA employee in Colorado arrested on espionage charges for allegedly trying to sell secrets to foreign power

DENVER — A former National Security Agency employee in Colorado has been charged with violating the Espionage Act for allegedly trying to send classified national defense information to a foreign government.

Tribune News Service

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NASA spacecraft rams distant asteroid in test of Earth defense

Benzinga

Edward Snowden Gets Russian Citizenship, Here's Why He Won't Be Called To Fight (For Now)

Former American intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who fled prosecution after leaking highly sensitive information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013, was granted citizenship by Russia on Monday.

Axios

Putin grants Russian citizenship to whistleblower Edward Snowden

The former NSA contractor was given asylum in Russia after revealing the extent of the U.S. government's surveillance program.

The Guardian - US

NSA analyst jailed for life for selling US secrets to Soviets dies aged 80

Ronald Pelton, convicted of espionage in 1986, said he accepted money from America’s cold war enemy because he was desperate

The Independent UK

China accuses Washington of cyber spying on university

China is accusing Washington of breaking into computers at a university that U.S. officials say does military research, adding to complaints by both governments of rampant online spying against each other

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: unions and business find common ground, house prices plummet, Nationals overlook women

Thursday: Today’s jobs summit opens with broad consensus on three big-ticket policies. Plus: seven pictures of Boris Johnson looking daft

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