Politics Feb 02 USAID security chiefs put on leave after trying to stop Musk’s team from accessing classified info, officials say By Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Lee, Associated Press
Nation Jun 13 Watch 5:27 How Trump’s classified material case is different from Clinton’s and Biden’s With Donald Trump becoming the first ex-president ever indicted on federal criminal charges, the chorus of his Republican supporters asking "What about the Democrats?" has grown even louder. Laura Barrón-López reports on why the Department of Justice charged Trump for… By Laura Barrón-López, Matt Loffman
Politics Jul 13 Ex-CIA engineer convicted in massive release of classified information Schulte chose to act as his own defense attorney, calling himself a scapegoat for an embarrassing public release of CIA secrets by WikiLeaks in 2017. A mistrial was declared at his original 2020 trial after jurors deadlocked on the most… By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press
Politics Aug 17 Former CIA officer charged with giving China classified info A former CIA officer and contract linguist for the FBI has been charged with spying for China, including by disclosing secret tradecraft and information on sources to intelligence officers. By Eric Tucker, Associated Press
Nation Jan 18 Watch 6:16 How a crippling intelligence loss led the CIA on a mole hunt Jerry Chun Shing Lee, a former CIA officer, was arrested this week on charges of mishandling classified information. A massive mole hunt inside the agency has been on for years for the person who may have helped the Chinese government… By PBS News Hour
Oct 28 Watch 4:22 Interpreting the FBI’s announcement on Clinton’s private server By PBS News Hour Director James Comey announced the FBI will review a new batch of emails apparently related to Hillary Clinton’s private server. The messages were discovered in an unrelated investigation concerning former Democratic congressman Anthony Weiner’s alleged communication with a 15-year-old girl. Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch 5:27 NSA contractor suspected of espionage is deemed a flight risk By PBS News Hour The National Security Agency contractor accused of mishandling massive amounts of classified data has been deemed a flight risk. In August, Harold Martin was arrested at his home in Maryland, where the equivalent of half a billion pages of documents… Continue watching
Oct 05 Federal contractor arrested for taking classified information By Tami Abdollah and Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A contractor for the National Security Agency has been arrested on charges that he illegally removed highly classified information and stored the material in his house and car, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Continue reading
Jun 27 Watch Cheney Role in Bush Administration Draws Fire Vice President Dick Cheney has wielded an unprecedented amount of power in his office, as a series in the Washington Post this week has revealed. The author of that series, as well as a Cheney critic and defender, assess the… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch Senate Majority Leader Discusses Tribunals, 2006 Elections Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., discusses the midterm elections and President Bush's latest push to pass legislation on military tribunals after former Secretary of State Colin Powell joined several key Republican senators opposed to the president's plan. Continue watching