There’s something that’s missing from the coverage of the Thomas Drake plea bargain. Yes, this is a huge victory for Drake. A huge victory for whistleblowers. Yes, it proves that William Welch is an even bigger hack than the failed Ted Stevens case showed him to be. But what about the two other charged documents? [...]
Plea Bargain a Concession that DOJ Indicted Thomas Drake for Unclassified Information |
| By: emptywheel Friday June 10, 2011 9:06 am |
Thomas Drake to Government: “Bring It” |
| By: emptywheel Thursday June 9, 2011 8:42 am |
Apparently, the government is scrambling in the Thomas Drake case. According to Ellen Nakashima, they offered him two plea bargains yesterday, both involving no jail time. He rejected both. Drake has repeatedly told friends that he will never “plea bargain with the truth.” Drake turned down a deal to plead guilty to unauthorized retention of [...]
Why Can’t DOJ Investigate as Well as the Hapless Senate? |
| By: emptywheel Saturday May 14, 2011 5:25 am |
There’s a lot to loathe about the current incarnation of the Senate, that elite club of millionaires where legislation goes to either get rewritten to serve corporate interests or killed. What does that say about DOJ, then, that the Senate is doing such a better job at investigating crimes? In just one month’s time the [...]
Government Claims Classified Information Procedures Act Also Applies to Unclassified Information |
| By: emptywheel Thursday May 12, 2011 9:47 am |
The government’s making outrageous secrecy claims again, this time in the Thomas Drake NSA leak case. As Steven Aftergood first reported, the government is trying to protect unclassified information using the CIPA process, basically making substitutions for information that its own expert says is not classified. They’re doing this by citing the National Security Agency [...]
William Welch and DOJ’s Mojo Is Not Risen |
| By: bmaz Friday April 8, 2011 2:49 pm |
DOJ and Willilam Welch have a problem in their case against ex CIA spook Jeffrey Feldman for his alleged leaks to Jim Risen of the New York Times.


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