http://www.mail.com/subjects/788242-classified.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/788242-classified.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2106150-obama-policy-leaks-investigations-under-review.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the Justice Department will review the policy under which it obtains journalists' records in investigations of the leak of government secrets. Obama acknowledged he is "troubled by the possibility that leaks investigations may chill the investigative journalism" that he says holds government acco... Thu, 23 May 2013 20:58:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2106150-obama-policy-leaks-investigations-under-review.html 2013-05-23T20:58:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2103668-judge-apologizes-lag-unsealing-documents.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge apologized Wednesday for an 18-month delay in unsealing documents in a case involving an alleged leak of classified information to a reporter. The documents include two warrants and related materials for the email accounts of Stephen Kim, a State Department adviser who faces charges of leaking secret information about Nor... Wed, 22 May 2013 20:42:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2103668-judge-apologizes-lag-unsealing-documents.html 2013-05-22T20:42:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100078-deal-bin-laden-evidence-wikileaks-case.html FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Lawyers in the court-martial of an Army private who sent more than 700,000 classified U.S. documents to WikiLeaks said Tuesday they have reached a deal that may eliminate the need for testimony from a member of the military team that killed Osama bin Laden. Prosecutors also agreed to accept Pfc. Bradley Manning's guilty plea to a lesser version of one ... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:49:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100078-deal-bin-laden-evidence-wikileaks-case.html 2013-05-21T21:49:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2100762-white-house-reporters-prosecuted.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama believes journalists shouldn't be prosecuted for doing their jobs, the White House said Tuesday, showing solidarity with First Amendment advocates alarmed by a pair of high-profile federal probes into national security leaks. Although Obama believes leaking classified information violates the law, he also believes ... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:38:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2100762-white-house-reporters-prosecuted.html 2013-05-21T21:38:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2099506-policy-discretion-guide-media-sources-probes.html WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington Post to apologize because the bureau had improperly obtained reporters' telephone records four years earlier. The extraordinary call was an admission that the FBI's a... Tue, 21 May 2013 07:32:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2099506-policy-discretion-guide-media-sources-probes.html 2013-05-21T07:32:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2098806-govt-presses-ahead-leak-case.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In another case of the Obama administration investigating classified information improperly disclosed to reporters, the government is prosecuting a State Department expert on North Korea in a probe that appears to step into uncharted territory — by declaring that a journalist is committing a crime in disclosing leaked information. During... Mon, 20 May 2013 23:59:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2098806-govt-presses-ahead-leak-case.html 2013-05-20T23:59:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2085106-holder-played-role-ap-phone-subpoena.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday defended the Justice Department's secret examination of Associated Press phone records though he declared he had played no role in it, saying it was justified as part of an investigation into a grave national security leak. The government's wide-ranging information gathering from the news cooperati... Tue, 14 May 2013 22:26:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2085106-holder-played-role-ap-phone-subpoena.html 2013-05-14T22:26:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2083728-govt-probe-obtains-wide-swath-ap-phone-records.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news. The records obtained by the Justice Department listed outgoing calls for the wo... Tue, 14 May 2013 17:01:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2083728-govt-probe-obtains-wide-swath-ap-phone-records.html 2013-05-14T17:01:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2039978-gop-report-faults-dept-libya-security.html WASHINGTON (AP) — An interim report released Tuesday by House Republicans faults the State Department and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for security deficiencies at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, prior to last September's deadly terrorist attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Senior Stat... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:17:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2039978-gop-report-faults-dept-libya-security.html 2013-04-23T23:17:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2028464-intelligence-chief-secret-report-mislabeled.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. intelligence official disclosed Thursday that a congressman inadvertently revealed classified information when he read aloud a passage from a Defense Intelligence Agency report that said North Korea had the knowhow to put a nuclear warhead on a missile. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told the Senate Armed Se... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:29:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2028464-intelligence-chief-secret-report-mislabeled.html 2013-04-18T20:29:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2010696-bin-laden-raid-member-wikileaks-witness.html FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A military judge cleared the way Wednesday for a member of the team that raided Osama bin Laden's compound to testify at the trial of an Army private charged in a massive leak of U.S. secrets to the WikiLeaks website. Col. Denise Lind ruled for the prosecution during a court-martial pretrial hearing for Pfc. Bradley Manning at Fort ... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:17:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2010696-bin-laden-raid-member-wikileaks-witness.html 2013-04-10T21:17:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1994772-hawaii-spot-sun-surf-spies.html HONOLULU (AP) — Clandestine agents. Foreign spies. Intelligence. Hawaii is better known for sunbathing on the beach or surfing than high-stakes sleuthing. But the case of a 59-year-old civilian defense contractor accused of giving military secrets to his much younger Chinese girlfriend is a reminder of the state's little-known identity as a prime target f... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:58:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1994772-hawaii-spot-sun-surf-spies.html 2013-04-03T09:58:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1979240-judge-denies-bail-defense-secrets-case.html HONOLULU (AP) — A federal judge denied bail Monday to a civilian defense contractor accused of giving military secrets to a Chinese girlfriend half his age, saying he poses a danger to national security. U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard Puglisi ordered Benjamin Bishop, 59, to remain in custody while he awaits trial. Puglisi cited a declaration made to the co... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 03:59:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1979240-judge-denies-bail-defense-secrets-case.html 2013-03-26T03:59:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1973946-bail-hearing-to-held-defense-secrets-case.html HONOLULU (AP) — A civilian defense contractor accused of giving military secrets to a Chinese girlfriend half his age is facing a bail hearing. Prosecutors said they plan to ask that Benjamin Bishop, 59, be held without bail. Bishop's defense attorney, who has said Bishop wouldn't harm his country, plans to ask U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Richard... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:37:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1973946-bail-hearing-to-held-defense-secrets-case.html 2013-03-22T20:37:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1966730-woman-center-spy-allegations-enigma.html HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. officials say the 27-year-old university student from China started a relationship with a civilian defense contractor more than twice her age and then found out classified information on U.S. nuclear weaponry, missile defenses and war plans. But is she a spy? It is clear the Justice Department believes the woman's boyfriend broke the ... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:57:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1966730-woman-center-spy-allegations-enigma.html 2013-03-20T13:57:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1963330-ex-guatemala-strongman-trial-30-years.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — There is no smoking gun in the case files, no direct order from Guatemala's then military dictator to carry out the slaughter of civilians during one of the bloodiest phases of the country's long civil war. In its absence, with trial set to start Tuesday, prosecutors hope to painstakingly prove through a detailed recreation of the mi... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:14:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1963330-ex-guatemala-strongman-trial-30-years.html 2013-03-18T21:14:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1931984-senate-panel-votes-to-approve-obamas-cia-nominee.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Intelligence Committee voted Tuesday to approve President Barack Obama's pick to lead the CIA after winning a behind-the-scenes battle with the White House over access to a series of top-secret legal opinions that justify the use of lethal drone strikes against terror suspects, including American citizens. John Brennan's insta... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:11:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1931984-senate-panel-votes-to-approve-obamas-cia-nominee.html 2013-03-06T00:11:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1916984-israelis-plan-to-press-obama-to-free-convicted-spy.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Nobel-laureate president, backed by thousands of followers, is leading an effort to press President Barack Obama during his upcoming visit to free convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, ending one of the most painful episodes between the two allies. Pollard was sentenced to life in prison in 1987 for passing classified material to Israe... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:18:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1916984-israelis-plan-to-press-obama-to-free-convicted-spy.html 2013-02-26T20:18:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1904036-pentagon-checking-story-bin-laden-raid-secrets.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says it is reviewing an Esquire magazine article on a Navy SEAL's account of his role in the May 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden to determine whether the account disclosed any classified information. A Pentagon spokesman, Lt. Col. Steve Warren, disclosed the inquiry on Tuesday, saying officials are trying to determine ... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:02:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1904036-pentagon-checking-story-bin-laden-raid-secrets.html 2013-02-20T20:02:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1879430-liberal-domestic-issues-obama-hawk-war.html WASHINGTON (AP) — For all of his liberal positions on the environment, taxes and health care, President Barack Obama has proved to be a hawk when it comes to fighting terrorism. From deadly drones and secret interrogations to withholding evidence in terrorism lawsuits, the Democrat has followed the path of his predecessor, Republican President George W. B... Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1879430-liberal-domestic-issues-obama-hawk-war.html 2013-02-09T13:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1876930-lawmakers-consider-regulating-drone-strikes.html WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Director-designate John Brennan's vigorous defense of drone strikes to kill terror suspects — even American citizens — overseas is causing key lawmakers to consider lifting secrecy from what has become an important weapon in the fight against al-Qaida. Brennan, President Barack Obama's top counterterror adviser, was grilled for more ... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1876930-lawmakers-consider-regulating-drone-strikes.html 2013-02-08T15:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1874310-brennan-defends-drone-strikes-americans.html WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Director-designate John Brennan strongly defended anti-terror attacks by unmanned drones Thursday under close questioning at a protest-disrupted confirmation hearing. On a second controversial topic, he said that after reading a classified intelligence report on harsh interrogation techniques, he does not know if waterboarding has yielded useful informa... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1874310-brennan-defends-drone-strikes-americans.html 2013-02-08T03:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1871660-brennans-cia-bid-chance-to-strike-critics.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate hearing on John Brennan's nomination to head the CIA could lay bare some parts of the secret war against al-Qaida: lethal drone strikes from covert bases against even American terror suspects, harsh interrogation methods and long detention of suspects without due process. Some of the practices produced revulsion among some in Co... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1871660-brennans-cia-bid-chance-to-strike-critics.html 2013-02-07T00:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859110-sept-11-judge-rules-censor.html GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — The second round of pretrial hearings in the Sept. 11 case sputtered to a close Thursday with the judge ordering the government to remove censorship equipment from the courtroom at the U.S. base in Cuba but little progress on some fundamental legal issues that must be resolved before the long-stalled case can go to trial. ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859110-sept-11-judge-rules-censor.html 2013-01-31T19:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1807316-judge-army-gi-wikileaks-illegally-punished.html FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — An Army private suspected of sending reams of classified documents to the secret-sharing WikiLeaks website was illegally punished at a Marine Corps brig and should get 112 days cut from any prison sentence he receives if convicted, a military judge ruled Tuesday. Army Col. Denise Lind ruled during a pretrial hearing that authorities... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1807316-judge-army-gi-wikileaks-illegally-punished.html 2013-01-08T22:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1793764-congress-tightens-belt-trims-spy-budget-2013.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has drastically trimmed the budget for U.S. spies and satellites for 2013, though not quite as deeply as the White House wanted. In one of the last votes of the year, House lawmakers voted Monday 373-29 in favor of a Senate-passed bill to slightly boost the president's $72 billion budget request for intelligence agencies includi... Tue, 01 Jan 2013 07:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1793764-congress-tightens-belt-trims-spy-budget-2013.html 2013-01-01T07:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1774304-petraeus-mistress-wont-face-cyberstalking-charge.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has decided not to charge David Petraeus' mistress, Paula Broadwell, with cyberstalking as part of its investigation into an email scandal that led to the resignation of the CIA director and storied general. Broadwell's lawyer, Robert Muse, gave The Associated Press a letter from U.S. Attorney Robert O'Neill that s... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1774304-petraeus-mistress-wont-face-cyberstalking-charge.html 2012-12-18T19:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1772446-investigation-benghazi-attack-complete.html WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent investigation into the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, is complete, and Congress will be briefed on its findings this week, the State Department said Monday. The classified report by the Accountability Review Board will be sent to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, a day before the panel's t... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1772446-investigation-benghazi-attack-complete.html 2012-12-17T21:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1759314-soldiers-case-dominated-testimony-suicide.html FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — In a military hearing for Pfc. Bradley Manning that has unfolded over the past two weeks, the reams of classified documents he is accused of leaking have barely come up. Instead, the proceedings have focused on a bedsheet noose, confiscated clothes and whether Manning seriously contemplated killing himself with flip-flops or the elastic waistband of hi... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1759314-soldiers-case-dominated-testimony-suicide.html 2012-12-11T20:25:00Z