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The Sterling Trial: Merlin Meets Curveball

When a longtime CIA operations manager described the ambiguity common on CIA operations as getting a “curveball” thrown at you, most people did not realize he was, at the same time, invoking one of...

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CIA’s Small World at the Jeffrey Sterling Trial: Racial Profiling and Leaked...

Details from last week’s testimony in the Jeffrey Sterling trial resonated with two notable cases involving the CIA. While jurors are not weighing in on the selective prosecutions and discrimination...

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Introducing Mrs. Merlin: To Prosecute Jeffrey Sterling, CIA Exposed an Asset

While Jeffrey Sterling is on trial for revealing to the world that Russian scientist, Merlin, was a CIA asset, in turn, the government just revealed that Merlin's wife was also an asset. So what's the...

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Official Leaks: ‘These Senior People Do Whatever They Want’

What role did the then CIA Director Leon Panetta play in leading the government to cooperate on the movie, "Zero Dark Thirty?" Panetta publicized official leaks and forced the government to cooperate...

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To Send a Message, Judge Sentences David Petraeus to 75% of One Speaking Fee

Two years probation for leaking highly sensitive government information? It is doubtful this will send any kind of message to discourage this behavior in the future. The post To Send a Message, Judge...

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In Political Press, Hillary Clinton Gets Subjected to the Thomas Drake and...

Retroactive classification of information is at the forefront of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. But should this information be used against Clinton anymore than it should be used against...

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Declaring Chelsea Manning’s Voice Against Torture Contraband

Chelsea Manning will go before a disciplinary board today for alleged violations, which could result in solitary confinement—considered torture in most countries . But the punishment seems absurd for...

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