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Air Force employee allegedly leaked classified info on dating site

“Dear, what is shown on the screens in the special room?? It is very interesting,” the correspondent allegedly asked in March 2022.

By Jonathan Lehrfeld

2 months ago

15 Air National Guardsmen disciplined in Discord server leak

An investigation found a total breakdown of information security at the 102nd Intelligence Wing.

By Meghann Myers

5 months ago

Air Force vet facing ‘longest sentence’ ever for leaking to media

Ex-National Security Agency contractor Reality Winner is scheduled for sentencing Aug. 23 by a federal judge in Augusta. She pleaded guilty in June.

6 years ago

Former CIA official charged with espionage

A former C.I.A. officer is suspected of being behind one of the agency's most embarrassing leaks in history.

By Justin Lynch

6 years ago

Snowden’s ex-boss: Leak was ‘worst nightmare’

Five years after Edward Snowden's disclosures, his former boss speaks to Fifth Domain.

By Justin Lynch

6 years ago

Former intel officer accused of leaking secrets to China

The information the contractor attempted to transmit to China may have included documents related to U.S. Cyber Command, according to a Department of Justice complaint.

By Justin Lynch

6 years ago

Former Minnesota FBI agent pleads guilty to leaking to media

The Trump administration and Attorney General Jeff Sessions have made prosecuting government employees who leak sensitive information to the media a high priority.

6 years ago

Alleged NSA leaker files to subpoena cybersecurity firms, national security agencies

Former National Security Agency contractor Reality Winner has subpoenaed several federal and state government entities, as well as private-sector companies, as part of her defense in her trial.

By Mark Pomerleau

6 years ago

Judge to rule whether to suppress accused leaker's statement

Defense attorney Matthew Chester says the statement from Reality Winner, accused of leaking National Security Agency secrets, should be suppressed because federal agents intentionally chose not to read her Miranda rights out of fear that she would not talk if they did.

6 years ago

Judge denies bail for accused NSA leaker, citing security risk

A judge ruled Thursday that releasing 25-year-old Reality Winner on bail would pose an “ongoing risk to national security.”

7 years ago

Ex-contractor in NSA leak case wants FBI admission suppressed

A young woman charged with leaking classified U.S. documents has asked a federal judge to rule that comments she made to FBI agents before her arrest can’t be used as evidence.

7 years ago

Sessions vows crackdown on leaks of classified information

The White House’s anger about leaks is growing, and the Trump administration is stepping up efforts to crack down on them.

7 years ago

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