Documents 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.
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Report: 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.
Read moreTens of Thousands of Puerto Ricans Demand Governor Resign
Waving flags, chanting and banging pots and pans, tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans jammed a highway Monday to demand the resignation of Gov. Ricardo Rosselló in a crisis triggered by the leak of offensive, obscenity-laden chat messages between him and his advisers.
Read morePuerto Rico Governor Won’t Seek Re-Election, Leaves His Party
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said Sunday evening that he will not resign in the face of public furor over an obscenity-laced leaked online chat, but he will not seek re-election or continue as head of his pro-statehood political party.
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Bulgaria Detains Cybersecurity Employee in Tax Data Hacking
Bulgarian police have detained a suspect who is allegedly behind the hacking of the national revenue agency, an attack that leaked the personal and financial data of millions of Bulgarians and companies.
Read moreLeaked UK Memo Says Trump Axed Iran Deal to Spite Obama
A U.K. newspaper has published more leaked memos revealing a British ambassador’s blunt assessments of the Trump administration, including one in which the envoy to Washington claimed President Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal to spite predecessor Barack Obama.
Read moreUK Counter-Terror Police Probe Leak of Ambassador’s Cables
British police opened a criminal investigation on Friday into the leaking of confidential diplomatic memos that cost the U.K. ambassador in Washington his job.
Read moreUK Ambassador to US Quits Days After Leaked Cables on Trump
Britain’s ambassador to the United States resigned Wednesday, just days after diplomatic cables criticizing President Donald Trump caused embarrassment to two countries that often celebrate having a “special relationship.”
Read moreTheresa May Stands by Her US Ambassador
Prime Minister Theresa May backed Britain’s ambassador to the United States on Tuesday after President Trump cut off contact with him following the leak of diplomatic cables that branded Trump’s administration as “dysfunctional” and “inept.”
Read moreTrump Says US ‘Won’t Deal With’ Bluntly Critical UK Diplomat
Taking to Twitter on Monday, President Donald Trump blasted the British ambassador who called the Trump administration “inept” and “dysfunctional” in leaked diplomatic cables.
Read moreUK Hunts Leaker of Ambassador’s Blunt Trump Criticism
The British government was hunting Monday for the source of a leak of diplomatic cables from Britain’s ambassador in Washington that branded President Donald Trump’s administration “dysfunctional” and “inept.”
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