http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/leaks/ en-us Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:57:16 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415775/posts The investigation into the so-called Warmergate emails - the leaked data from the University of East Anglia’s climate change department - took a new twist last night when The Mail on Sunday tracked the stolen messages to a suspect computer which provides internet access to China. The address used to post the emails is also on an international ‘black list’ which highlights suspicious behaviour on the internet. Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415775/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:57:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2400136/posts Leaked e-mails allegedly undermining climate change science should be treated as a criminal matter, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said Wednesday afternoon. Boxer, the top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said that the recently released e-mails, showing scientists allegedly overstating the case for climate change, should be treated as a crime. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2400136/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:59:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2399157/posts One of the surest signs of whether a government official may have something to hide in Climategate, the ACORN scandal or any other controversy is that their first reaction to the scandal is to target the source exposing the scandal. California Senator Barbara Boxer said at a committee hearing, "You call it 'Climategate'; I call it 'E-mail-theft-gate.'" The American Thinker Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2399157/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:43:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389236/posts Obama, speaking to CBS in Beijing, says he's "furious' about the stream of leaks characterizing the Afghanistan deliberations... CHIP REID: “Firing offense??” THE PRESIDENT: “Absolutely" M What's odd about this is that many of the leaks (though certainly not all) have seemed deliberate, in tandem with Flickr photo releases from the meetings and in line with a message that Obama is considering deeply. And indeed, leaking has been a signature of the transition from the Plouffe/campaign era to a governing era run by Rahm Emanuel, who talks frequently to the press and whose hiring was one of the first major... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389236/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:28:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386840/posts The secretary of defense let off some steam on his airplane, warning of the terrible consequences of leaking information about internal government policy debates. He’s “appalled.” Navy Times tells us that Gates said that “disclosures of sensitive information on any ‘options under consideration’ does not serve the nation well. Nor are they in the military’s strategic interests..” When I first came to Washington, and for many years thereafter, I thought leaks were just awful. How dare they? Among other things, I thought–and this I still think–that it has a chilling effect on internal debate. Because if you’re afraid that your... Michael Ledeen/PajamasMedia/FasterPlease http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386840/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:10:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374813/posts WASHINGTON - Internal investigations into the conduct of over two dozen House members were exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach involving the secretive process by which Congress polices lawmaker ethics. Revelations of the mostly preliminary inquiries by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct , also known as the Ethics committee , and a panel that refers cases to it shook the chamber as lawmakers were immersed in a series of scheduled votes Thursday. The panel announced that it was investigating two California Democrats , Reps. Maxine Waters and Laura Richardson Philly.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374813/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:37:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352584/posts A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to release notes and summaries of former Vice President Dick Cheney's 2004 interview with Special Prosecutor Pat Fitzgerald in the CIA leak case, but is allowing the deletion of what may be some of the most interesting details in the documents. In a ruling issued Thursday morning, Judge Emmet Sullivan flatly rejected claims by both Bush and Obama appointees at DOJ that the entirety of the records should be withheld because their disclosure could discourage White House officials from cooperating in future investigations. The judge said the prospect of such inquiries was... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352584/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 16:38:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2332287/posts Well turnabout is fair play.The CIA has found a way to strike back at Eric Holder's decision to investigate the CIA's handling of enhanced interrogation techniques, or at least the progressive Democrats that demanded the investigation. In July congress had a major fit about a secret Bush-era program that was revealed to them by CIA Director Leon Panetta: Congress originally authorized the CIA to develop the secret counterterrorism program that is now drawing fierce criticism from House Democrats who say they were kept in the dark all along, a former senior intelligence official told FOX News on Monday. The program,... Washington Examiner/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2332287/posts#comment Fri, 4 Sep 2009 18:24:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331838/posts Besieged by leaks of several closely held secrets, the CIA has asked the Justice Department to examine what it regards as the criminal disclosure of a secret program to kill foreign terrorist leaders abroad, The Washington Times has learned. Two U.S. intelligence officials, who spoke on the condition that they not be named because of the sensitivity of the case, said the leak investigation involved a program that CIA Director Leon E. Panetta told Congress about in June and that surfaced in news reports just a month later. The vice chairman of the the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence declined... Washington Times/NRO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331838/posts#comment Fri, 4 Sep 2009 04:29:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2299651/posts Parnell Seeks to End Leaks of Confidential Information Asks Attorney General to Step In (July 23, 2009, Anchorage, Alaska) - Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell today asked Attorney General Dan Sullivan to provide recommendations on how to prevent leaks of confidential information in ethics probes. Parnell’s request comes after the leak of an investigator’s confidential and preliminary report related to an ethics complaint filed against Governor Sarah Palin. “These leaks must stop,” Parnell said. “If we allow public officials to be tried and convicted in the press through abuse of the legal process, then the Executive Branch is at risk. The... Office Of Lt Governor Of Alaska http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2299651/posts#comment Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:48:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2279538/posts Did administration leaks to the AP, Washington Post, and Times compromise an ongoing Justice investigation-thereby aiding Rick Renzi's re-election ? The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2279538/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:06:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263393/posts The federal government mistakenly made public a 266-page report, its pages marked “highly confidential,” that gives detailed information about hundreds of the nation’s civilian nuclear sites and programs, including maps showing the precise locations of stockpiles of fuel for nuclear weapons. The publication of the document was revealed Monday in an on-line newsletter devoted to issues of federal secrecy. That publicity set off a debate among nuclear experts about what dangers, if any, the disclosures posed. It also prompted a flurry of investigations in Washington into why the document was made public. On Tuesday evening, after inquiries from The New... NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263393/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 01:23:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253862/posts Government lawyers in the Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) appear to have leaked to the press parts of a confidential--and classified--draft report concerning the actions of Bush administration lawyers. The report calls for state bar associations to investigate, and perhaps discipline, attorneys who provided sensitive legal advice to President Bush's administration concerning the legal limits of coercive interrogation methods against high-level al Qaeda terrorists. That advice was, of course, controversial. It is now, in the current political climate, highly unpopular in certain circles. OPR has determined, apparently, that it was "unethical" to give it and that the... The Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253862/posts#comment Tue, 19 May 2009 13:49:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253306/posts Joe Biden let slip the "undisclosed location" where Dick Cheney hid out in the hours after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 to his tablemates during the Gridiron dinner earlier this year. According to Newsweek's Eleanor Clift: The veep related the story to his head-table dinner mates when he filled in for President Obama at the Gridiron Club earlier this year. He said the young naval officer giving him a tour of the [vice-presidential residence at the Naval Observatory] showed him the hideaway, which is behind a massive steel door secured by an elaborate lock with a narrow connecting... NY Mag http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253306/posts#comment Mon, 18 May 2009 17:41:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245172/posts Link Only:http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/20090505_Weldon_probe_may_be_over____without_indictment.html Philadelphia Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245172/posts#comment Wed, 6 May 2009 09:37:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139573/posts Extraordinary details of the heavy-handed police operation against shadow immigration minister Damian Green were revealed this afternoon. Nine counter-terrorism officers raided the MP's London home, frightening his 15-year-old daughter Verity and wife Alicia who were there. Mr Green was seized at his constituency home in Ashford, Kent, and held at Belgravia police station for nine hours, only one of which was used to question him about his alleged crime - leaking information embarrassing to the Home office. As fury grew over the way an elected MP had been treated after helping to expose Government blunders, the Evening Standard revealed that... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139573/posts#comment Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:48:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1355742/posts INDIANAPOLIS -- A Greenfield man has been indicted on accusations he tried to sell the names of U.S. intelligence agents to Iraq before the 2003 fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. Authorities: Man Was In Iraq In '02 Shaaban Hafiz Ahmad Ali Shaaban, a 52-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen, was arrested Thursday after an investigation of more than a year by the FBI and other agencies, U.S. Attorney Susan W. Brooks said. Shaaban, also known as Shaaban Shaaban Hafed and Joe H. Brown, is suspected of going to Iraq in 2002 and making a deal to sell the names. He isn't accused... The Indy Channe; http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1355742/posts#comment Fri, 4 Mar 2005 08:49:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130365/posts Reports leaking out of the meeting suggested that Bush indicated he would support Obama's hopes for another round of stimulus checks for U.S. taxpayers if Congress would also approve a long-stalled, free-trade pact with Colombia. Leaks also said that Obama urged Bush to use part of the $700 billion in bailout funds to help the country's automobile makers immediately, to which Bush remained noncommital. Obama's camp was mum today, but White House spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters before the ceremony aboard the USS Intrepid that the president did not try to cut a deal with Obama on his stimulus request.... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130365/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:46:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2130312/posts A year or so ago, a laptop was obtained from a dead FARC terrorist in Ecuador. On the laptop they found some e-mails that referred to 2 "gringo's" that were associated with Barack Obama. The main thrust from the news report was that Chavez was working with FARC to get some uranium for a dirty bomb. The minor thing that was overlooked was Chavez wanted Obama to vote against the free trade agreement with Columbia to hurt Uribe. He did that and continues to support the Chavez position. Now we hear the trade agreement may have come up in the... vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2130312/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:45:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127229/posts Remember when McCain talked about entitlements and said that for those who try to sneak in pork projects he'd "MAKE THEM FAMOUS, AN YOU WILL KNOW THEIR NAMES!!" ? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127229/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 20:04:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082202/posts WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-A group of 13 Republican state attorneys general are urging Republican U.S. senators to back legislation that would limit the federal government's ability to force reporters to reveal their confidential sources. The Free Flow of Information Act, already approved by House and awaiting a vote in the Senate, would bring federal law in line with state laws in 49 states that protect reporters' confidential sources in most cases. The letter seeks to allay concern that if enacted the law could fetter the government's pursuit of terrorists. Legal Newsline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082202/posts#comment Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:27:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050700/posts Judge Withdraws Threat as Reporter Pleads the 5th In Spy Leak Probe By JOSH GERSTEIN, Staff Reporter of the Sun | July 24, 2008 SANTA ANA, Calif. — A federal judge withdrew his threat to order a prominent reporter on the national security beat to identify his confidential sources after the journalist took the Fifth Amendment in a surprise-filled hearing here this morning. Judge Cormac Carney excused William Gertz of the Washington Times from further proceedings here after he repeatedly invoked his constitutional right against self-incrimination in response to questions from the judge and a defense attorney. Mr. Gertz's refusal... The New York Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050700/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:07:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041638/posts The recent spate of leaks and reports from Washington about whether Israel will, or should, take military action against Iran, and what that would mean for the US, is a reflection of deep divisions on the matter inside the Bush administration, Israeli diplomatic and defense officials said Sunday. The officials said that the two sides of the argument, the "hawkish camp," led by US Vice President Dick Cheney, and the "dovish camp," led by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, are leaking assessments about Israeli intent to further their own agendas, and in this regard using Israel as a "pawn" in their... JP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041638/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 01:32:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1611692/posts Israeli military intelligence officials have accused President George W Bush’s administration of undermining their attempts to infiltrate Al-Qaeda’s operations in Iraq by revealing the contents of a secret letter written by Osama Bin Laden’s second-in-command. Israel passed the letter — in which Ayman al-Zawahiri outlined his Middle East strategy to Abu Musab al- Zarqawi, the Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq — to Washington last October on condition of strict anonymity. Israeli officials were dismayed, however, when John Negroponte, the US director of national intelligence, made it available in both English and its original Arabic on his office web site. Israeli intelligence... The Sunday Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1611692/posts#comment Sat, 8 Apr 2006 22:55:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1942196/posts Anthrax: Source of Fishy, Shaggy Dog Stories Pleads Fifth December 20th, 2007 by Ross E. Getman In October 2007, the former Criminal Chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, Daniel Seikaly, was deposed in the civil rights action by Steve Hatfill about whether he was the source of leaks relating to Steve Hatfill in connection with Newsweek and Washington Post stories about the use of bloodhounds and the draining of ponds in Frederick, Maryland. Attorney Seikaly pled the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination in connection with most substantive questions. Attorney Seikaly has had a very distinguished career.... Blogger News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1942196/posts#comment Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:52:43 GMT