How the Air Force secrets leaker could end up getting away with it
Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guard member, recently joined a long list of military and civilian employees who blithely gave away classified documents. A federal judge let…
Examining Allegations Of A Two-Tiered Justice System In Trump’s Indictment
This week, Donald Trump’s indictment and arraignment have gripped the nation. For the first time in American history, a sitting president’s leading opponent is being…
How Trump’s Big Mouth Could Be His Undoing in Classified Docs Case
Donald Trump hasn’t done himself any favors in loudly and publicly fighting accusations he illegally swiped classified documents from the White House, with the former…
Will DCSA Interpret the Newly Codified NISPOM to Exclude National Security and Defense Entrepreneurs?
Intelligence and defense contractors co-exist in a common national security sector of the American and global economies. But that marketplace is bounded and defined by dual…
Suspected document leaker wanted to kill a ‘ton of people,’ officials say
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The Massachusetts Air National guardsman accused of leaking highly classified military documents kept an arsenal of guns and said on social media that he…
Online Gaming Chats Have Long Been Spy Risk For Us Military
WASHINGTON (AP) — Step into a U.S. military recreation hall at a base almost anywhere in the world and you’re bound to see it: young troops immersed in the world of online…
Leaked Pentagon Documents May Herald a New Era of Revelations
THE UNITED STATES government has been scrambling this week, thanks to a leak of sensitive Pentagon documents that include an array of recent intelligence updates and Joint Chiefs…
Sometimes, things do get better for federal employees
At a D.C. awards ceremony for the federal Best Places To Work top-ranked agencies, a speaker spoke of tired employees, burnout, risk of attrition. I thought, gosh, maybe they…
Veterans get protections from retaliation at government agencies
The quasi-judicial agency that protects federal employment rights set a precedent last month that affirms veterans who work in the government are protected from retaliation for…
Reciprocity remains as key clearance issue
In 2018, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), chairman of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, got involved in the minutiae of security clearance policy because the backlog of open…