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Experts doubt intel-leaker Snowden qualifies as...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:55:09 -0400

WASHINGTON - By TRISH CHOATE

Public access fight over Manning docs in Md. court

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:28:18 -0400

BALTIMORE - A government lawyer said Monday the U.S. Army has released the vast majority of court records in Pfc. Bradley Manning's case and told a civilian judge the dispute over the records had become moot.

APNewsBreak: NSA leaker Snowden not welcome in UK

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:24:53 -0400

LONDON - The British government has warned airlines around the world not to allow Edward Snowden, who leaked information on top-secret U.S. government surveillance programs, to fly to the United Kingdom.

Government has history of secrecy, spying, leaks

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:48:41 -0400

WASHINGTON - It isn't the first time that the federal government has been caught spying on Americans or that classified government information has been leaked to the news media or otherwise widely distributed. The Vietnam War and civil-rights protest movements of the 1960s and 1970s generated plenty of surveillance and secrecy. And leaks.

Henry: 2 common men took uncommon measures

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:46:12 -0400

By REG HENRY - A Man for All Seasons" -- the great play by Robert Bolt concerning Sir Thomas More's doomed battle to reconcile his conscience with service to his king -- is narrated by a multirole character called the Common Man. He starts with an observation: "The 16th century is the Century of the Common Man. Like all the other centuries. And that's my proposition."

Correction: Iceland-Secret Spillers story

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:36:00 -0400

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - In a story June 10 about Iceland's role as a possible destination for the American intelligence contractor who leaked National Security Agency secrets, The Associated Press quoted a man who identified himself as Bjorn Sigurdarson, an executive at the University of Iceland, as saying that it would be good if the contractor ended up in Iceland. University officials said after the story was published that there is no one with that name working at the university.

Editorial: NSA secrets just a keystroke away

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:46:14 -0400

An editorial / By Dale McFeatters - First it has to be said -- without getting into the morality or legality of its actions -- that the National Security Agency's technical prowess was truly impressive in creating programs that vacuumed up information about phone calls originating in the United States, including who called whom and for how long, but also emails, documents, photos, files and contact lists from domestic and foreign computers linked through nine major U.S. Internet companies.

Cyr: Bradley Manning's WikiLeaks trial points up security...

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:47:10 -0400

By ARTHUR I. CYR - After three years of delay, the military trial of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning -- for stealing and supplying to WikiLeaks masses of classified military and diplomatic documents -- began Monday.

Bradley Manning sympathetic star of WikiLeaks doc

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:18:22 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Julian Assange's reign as the star of the WikiLeaks story could be coming to an end.