Australian Court Rules Search Warrant on Journalist Invalid
Australia’s highest court ruled on Wednesday that a search warrant at the center of a national storm over press freedom was invalid.
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San Francisco OKs $369,000 Settlement for Journalist Targeted by Police
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A journalist whose home was raided by police will get $369,000 from San Francisco taxpayers under
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Ex-CIA Coder Gets Mistrial on 8 Counts Tied to ‘Vault 7’ Leak
A federal judge declared a mistrial Monday on the most serious charges against the ex-CIA coder accused of giving WikiLeaks the agency’s confidential cyber-espionage tools in the Vault 7 leak.
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Accountant Pleads Guilty in Panama Papers Case
Precluding a trial on massive tax dodges unearthed in the Panama Papers leak, an accountant implicated in the scheme pleaded guilty Friday.
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US Counter-Terror Analyst Pleads Guilty to Leaking Secret Info
A counter-terrorism analyst at the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency pleaded guilty on Thursday to leaking secret information to journalists, including details about foreign countries’ weapons systems.
Read moreRussian Arrested in French Sex-Video Scandal
French prosecutors on Tuesday placed a Russian artist and his girlfriend under investigation over the leaking of a sex video that brought down a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron.
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Trial of Accused ‘Vault 7’ Leaker Opens in New York
Opening the trial of a software developer accused of exposing secret CIA hacking tools, a federal prosecutor told jurors Tuesday that the biggest leak of classified information in the agency’s history was nothing more than the spiteful actions of a disgruntled employee.
Read moreIRS Worker Who Leaked Cohen Docs Sentenced to Five Years Probation
An IRS employee accused of illegally leaking former Trump attorney Michael Cohen’s bank information to Stormy Daniels’ lawyer was sentenced to five years probation Friday after pleading guilty to one count of disclosing unauthorized documents.
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Western World Slams China for Abuses in Xinjiang
Western governments including the United States said Tuesday that a cache of leaked documents proves that Chinese authorities are engaged in massive and systemic repression of Muslims and other minorities in western China.
Read moreDocuments Show Iran’s ‘Vast Influence’ in Iraq
Hundreds of leaked Iranian intelligence reports reveal the depth of Tehran’s influence in neighboring, protest-torn Iraq, The New York Times and The Intercept reported Monday.
Read moreReport: Human Error, Staffing Issues Led to Bar Exam Topics Leak
An investigation that found human error caused the leak of California State Bar exam topics this past July also revealed the agency was ill-equipped to handle the fallout.
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Trump Said to Have Considered Closing Some VA Hospitals
Eager for changes at the Department of Veterans Affairs, President Donald Trump toyed with issuing an executive order to close parts of the VA health system without consulting Congress, according to an upcoming book by his former VA secretary.
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US Analyst Charged With Leaking Classified Weapons Reports
A Defense Intelligence Agency analyst was charged Wednesday with providing journalists top secret and classified national defense information, including secrets related to an unnamed foreign country’s weapons systems.
Read morePope Names Anti-Mafia Prosecutor to Court as Scandal Swirls
Pope Francis named one of Italy’s leading anti-Mafia prosecutors as president of the Vatican’s criminal tribunal Thursday, just days after a new scandal erupted over alleged financial wrongdoing in the heart of the Holy See.
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Ex-Official: Trump’s Past Phone-Call Memos Also Concealed
The White House severely restricted distribution of memos detailing President Donald Trump’s calls with foreign leaders, including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman, after embarrassing leaks of his conversations early in his tenure, a former White House official said.
Read moreAccused WikiLeaker’s Lawyers Can Pay a Visit to CIA Work Site
Overruling prosecutors’ objections that the accused WikiLeaker’s former workplace is classified, a federal judge on Thursday ruled that defense attorneys for ex-CIA software engineer Joshua Schulte should be allowed to visit the alleged scene of his crime.
Read moreAttorneys for WikiLeaks Suspect Want Secret CIA Field Trip
The suspected source of the biggest disclosure of CIA files in agency history, accused WikiLeaker Joshua Schulte has had an unusual case for a number of reasons. His defense attorney complained in court Wednesday that the agency’s intense secrecy has led to a first in her decades-long career.
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Justice Department Says Comey Leaks Violated Policy
A watchdog for the Justice Department released a critical report Thursday about how former FBI Director James Comey made the press aware of his interactions with President Donald Trump.
Read moreCalifornia High Court Probes Leak of Bar Exam Essay Topics
The California Supreme Court has hired retired Justice Arthur Scotland and his law firm Nielsen Merksamer to probe the State Bar of California’s leak of exam essay topics.
Read moreNaughty, Naughty
An Internal Revenue Service staffer pleaded guilty Wednesday to leaking confidential details about former Trump “fixer” Michael Cohen to Michael Avenatti, the former attorney of adult film star Stormy Daniels who claims to have had an affair with Trump before he became president.
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