US Attorney General threatens prosecution for leaking sensitive government information
At a Department of Justice (DOJ) briefing on Friday Attorney General Jeff Sessions condemned the "staggering number of leaks" of "sensitive government information" and threatened to investigate and prosecute anyone who carries out...
A Taiwan-born US Navy officer has been charged with espionage, attempted espionage and prostitution, media outlets reported Sunday. Investigators believe Navy Lt. Cmdr. Edward C. Lin has been passing secrets to the Chinese government. Lin was an...
Former military contractor sentenced for stealing classified files
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Monday sentenced Christopher R. Glenn 120 months in jail and three years of supervised release for willful retention of classified national defense information...
The families of two Yemeni men who were killed by US drone strikes filed a lawsuit Sunday against the US claiming that the men, Salem bin Ali Jaber and Waleed bin Ali Jaber, were "innocent bystanders" who were...
Former CIA officer sentenced to 42 months in prison for Iran leaks
Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer Jeffrey Sterling was sentenced Monday to 42 months in prison after being convicted of telling New York Times journalist James Risen about classified plans to thwart Iran's nuclear...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a lawsuit on Friday brought against officials of the Obama administration for the 2011 drone strikes that killed three US...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the US government's targeted killing of three US citizens in drone strikes. Senior al Qaeda ...
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the US government's targeted killing of three US citizens in drone strikes. Senior al Qaeda...
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says that all instances of torture must be investigated as violations of US and international law and a failure to do so will allow impunity for those who authorized...
