Ratted out by a hacker to whom he allegedly admitted, in online chats, having provided classified Department of State cables to the Wikileaks whistle-blower website, a U.S. Army intelligence analyst…
At the conclusion of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearings on the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan for a seat on the nation’s top court, the Jul 2, 2010 10:52 PM CDT
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Without admitting wrongdoing, the Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed to pay $755,000 to settle a former staff lawyer’s wrongful termination whistle-blower suit.
In a case that reads like a fictional espionage thriller, the United States has charged 11 individuals with involvement in an alleged deep-cover long-term Russian spy ring that apparently may…
A federal judge in New Orleans has blocked the Obama administration’s effort to ban deepwater offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico for six months in the wake of the…
In a trial being closely watched by the women’s sports community, a federal court in Bridgeport, Conn., today was to begin a bench trial on an overarching question: Is competitive…
A group affiliated with the Pakistani Taliban “facilitated” an attempted car bombing in New York City’s Times Square, said Attorney General Eric Holder today in a written statement announcing an…
The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating allegations that it may have been unduly lenient with an unidentified “prominent law firm” because of a revolving door between the agency and…
Thomas Drake saw himself as a patriot, a National Security Agency worker who cared about the millions of dollars it was squandering on the wrong surveillance technology.
A federal investigation is under way concerning an Internet security breach that reportedly exposed the e-mail addresses of some 114,000 Apple iPad users.
As opening statements were about to begin today in the much-publicized public corruption trial of Rod Blagojevich, a federal judge arguably saved the impeached former Illinois governor from himself, reports…
The chief of staff for President Barack Obama has been subpoenaed as a defense witness in the upcoming political corruption trial of Rod Blagojevich, the…
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