From Ellsberg to Assange: Jack Teixeira joins list of alleged leakers The subject matter may differ but the US government has been relentless in pursuing those accused of national security leaks The Guardian - US · Apr 19, 2023
The Pentagon leaks reveal the rot at the heart of US intelligence – but they haven’t hurt Ukraine This latest cache of secret documents is yet another own goal by a pathologically confused security service, says barrister Frank Ledwidge The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2023
Yet another case of mishandling classified documents and alleged violations of the Espionage Act: 3 essential reads The stunning arrest of 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira on charges of illegally sharing U.S. intelligence has once again renewed questions on the handling of classified documents. The Conversation · Apr 17, 2023
‘A little kid trying to be important’: locals react to Pentagon leak suspect A post-9/11 switch from ‘need-to-know’ to ‘need-to-share’ explains why a low-level guardsman had access to such sensitive material The Guardian - US · Apr 17, 2023
What Daniel Ellsberg has taught us The establishment has tried to sanitize Ellsberg. But his lessons on the madness of war are even more relevant now Salon · Apr 15, 2023
The latest saga of revealed U.S. secrets stirs memories of past legendary leaks Call them whistleblowers or traitors, call their actions conscientious or unconscionable, the people who decide on their own to share classified material have often altered the course of events. WEKU · Apr 15, 2023
Pentagon leak was decades in the making Computer network was designed for use by much smaller number of people amid questions over amount of classified material on the system The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2023
The Pentagon leak that landed on a chat forum about Minecraft exposes an unavoidable weakness in US national security The leak of highly classified Pentagon documents has forced defence officials into the online worlds of gamers, meme lords and their leagues of followers, and exposed an unavoidable weakness in US national security. ABC News · Apr 13, 2023
Pentagon leaks show difficulty of keeping secrets in a vast intelligence network Britain issues more than 180,000 security clearances every year, as Kim Sengupta explains The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2023
Editorial: Once again, the US reels from classified data leaks. This time, Ukraine’s at stake The gaping holes that Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden poked into what America assumed were secure, firewalled troves of classified data taught Washington a sobering lesson about the importance of keeping secrets leakproof. Chicago Tribune · Apr 12, 2023
US intelligence leak: what do we know about ‘top secret’ documents? Everything that is known about images said to be classified Pentagon documents circulating on social media The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2023
How will the Ukraine document investigation work? A former DOJ 'leak czar' explains Brandon Van Grack, who led the Justice Department's probe into Edward Snowden, says the priority has to be finding the source of the leak and ensuring there aren't any more coming. WEKU · Apr 10, 2023
US says China can spy with TikTok. It spies on world with Google Lawmakers’ push to ban app comes as they mull extending powers that force tech firms to enable mass snooping for the US. Al Jazeera · Mar 28, 2023
The spy law that Big Tech wants to limit Top tech companies are mounting a push to limit how U.S. intelligence agencies collect and view texts, emails and other information about their users, especially American citizens. Tribune News Service · Mar 23, 2023
Tribune News Service · Mar 22, 2023 The spy law that Big Tech wants to limit Top tech companies are mounting a push to limit how US intelligence agencies collect and view texts, emails and other information about their users, especially American citizens.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2023 A Compassionate Spy review – love story of scientist who tried to stop nuclear war Steve James’s engrossing documentary tells the story of Ted Hall, a young physicist who leaked nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union in order to protect the future of mankind
The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2023 Russell Brand rails against Rachel Maddow, MSNBC and Fox News ‘propaganda’ in viral rant The comedian said whistleblowers Edward Snowden and Julian Assange practiced ‘real journalism’
Reason · Feb 27, 2023 SCOTUS Says Domestic Spying Is Too Secret To Be Challenged in Court Officials shield government abuses from litigation by claiming “national security.” The Supreme Court declined to weigh in.
Fortune · Feb 21, 2023 Here's why Bitcoiners are flocking to Nostr Exactly how high is the ceiling for the decentralized social network?
Reason · Feb 8, 2023 Mike Pompeo Says He 'Grew Up Libertarian' These days, he may run for president. His politics have changed.
Salon · Jan 31, 2023 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
Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2023 All the Beauty and the Bloodshed director Laura Poitras: “Nan Goldin is doing great things in a dark time” The film follows the artist and activist in her campaign against the Sackler family and the opioid crisis
The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023 Edward Snowden shoots down Marjorie Taylor Greene as she tries to agree with him ‘I’d rather suffer the lies’
The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022 UK spy agency had to ‘pre-bunk’ Russian propaganda over Ukraine war, GCHQ boss says GCHQ director Sir Jeremy Fleming said release of details of Russia’s military build-up helped counter Moscow’s narrative
The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022 Ukraine marks ‘sea change’ in use of secret intelligence says spy chief - OLD GCHQ director Sir Jeremy Fleming said release of details of Russia’s military build-up helped counter Moscow’s narrative.