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SECRECY NEWS from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Volume 2011, Issue No. 72 July 29, 2011 Secrecy News Blog ** HANDLING OF DRAKE LEAK CASE WAS “UNCONSCIONABLE,” COURT SAID The government’s treatment of former National Security Agency official Thomas Drake was abusive and akin to acts of British tyranny in pre-Revolutionary War days, said …
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The times they are a’ changing. I was asked to comment on the recently published Reference: Protecting Sensitive “Open” Information and do so gladly. The author of that work means well, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with the substance of what he expouses. It is simply not reasonable nor feasible in context. I know …
ACLU: CONGRESS MUST ACT TO CURB SECRECY “Congress must take the lead in challenging the laws and practices that have allowed excessive secrecy to become the dominant feature of our national security culture,” the American Civil Liberties Union urged in a new report on government secrecy. “The excessive secrecy that hides how the government pursues …
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SHORT URL for this Post: http://www.tinyurl.com/DrakeWins Settlement Reached in Thomas Drake “Leak” Case June 10th, 2011 by Steven Aftergood In a whirlwind conclusion to the prosecution of former National Security Agency official Thomas A. Drake, Mr. Drake agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of “exceeding authorized use of a computer.” Prosecutors were unable …
GOVERNMENT INSISTS ON RIGHT TO CENSOR BOOK Government attorneys this week asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit brought by author Anthony Shaffer who claimed that his freedom to publish a memoir of his military service in Afghanistan had been violated. The government said that Mr. Shaffer’s book, “Operation Dark Heart,” which appeared last September …
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A CLOSE LOOK AT THE THOMAS DRAKE CASE An insightful account of the pending prosecution under the Espionage Act of former National Security Agency official Thomas A. Drake appears this week in The New Yorker. Author Jane Mayer delves deeply into the origins of the case stemming from Drake’s critical view of NSA management and …
F-35 SELECTED ACQUISITION REPORT DISCLOSED The latest annual report to Congress (pdf) on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program details the soaring costs and deferred production schedule associated with the program. The report, which has not been publicly released, outlines total program costs from last year as well as per-aircraft costs and planned annual spending …
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