‘Expect war’: leaked chats reveal influence of rightwing media on militia group | Far right (US) | The Guardian

Disinformation and conspiracy theories – some spread by Elon Musk – fuel group's vitriol and paranoia…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/28/rightwing-media-influence-militia-group

The Supreme Court takes a pass on its growing ethical issues - The Washington Post - Opinion

The Supreme Court sent a two-page letter to Democratic lawmakers looking into allegations of a leak by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. or his wife. Words weren't really necessary; a see-no-evil monkey emoji would have aptly summarized the court's response...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/29/supreme-court-ethics-roberts-alilto/

Reality Winner says she leaked file on Russia election hacking because ‘public was being lied to’ | Reality Winner | The Guardian

Working for NSA contractor Pluribus International Corporation, Winner printed the document – labeled "TOP SECRET" – that explained how Russian military intelligence officials hacked at least one supplier of voting software and tried to break into more than 100 local election systems before the polls closed in 2016…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/25/reality-winner-leaked-file-on-russia-election-hacking-because-public-was-being-lied-to

Biden administration to send $1.5 billion to states to plug orphaned wells, which leak planet-warming methane - The Washington Post

'It's a pretty big problem that's flown under the radar for a long time,' one environmental advocate says…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/01/31/orphaned-wells-biden-climate-change/

Seven 'no log' VPN providers accused of leaking – yup, you guessed it – 1.2TB of user logs onto the internet • The Register

A string of "zero logging" VPN providers have some explaining to do after more than a terabyte of user logs were found on their servers unprotected and facing the public internet. This data, we are told, included in at least some cases clear-text passwords, personal information, and lists of websites visited, all for anyone to stumble upon.
https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/17/ufo_vpn_database/

Why Trump wants Comey locked up: To thwart leaks about his wrongdoing - The Washington Post

This administration has conducted a record number of leak investigations — pursuing "crimes" that reporters see as an essential part of reporting.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/01/18/why-trump-wants-comey-locked-up-thwart-leaks-about-his-wrongdoing/

All Leaks About Trump Corruption Have Come From Trump Officials: Dowdell - Newsweek

Democratic strategist Tara Dowdell claimed on Sunday afternoon that despite President Donald Trump's assertion that the mainstream media and Democrats are attempting to smear him with allegations of corruption, all of the latest leaks have come from Trump officials. ....
https://www.newsweek.com/despite-trump-blaming-democrats-all-leaks-alleging-corruption-came-trump-officials-democratic-1460670

No Wonder Trump’s White House Is a Total Dumpster Fire - Vanity Fair

The slapdash nature of the administration's vetting process, confirmed by a new tranche of leaked documents, set the tone for two years of messy and avoidable staffing drama. More worryingly it reveals how little Trump cares...
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/06/trump-white-house-vetting-process

Through email leaks and propaganda, Russians sought to elect Trump, Mueller finds - The Washington Post:

In what will stand as among the most definitive public accounts of the Kremlin’s attack on the American political system, the report of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation laid out in precise, chronological detail how “the Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and systematic fashion.”....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/through-email-leaks-and-propaganda-russians-sought-to-elect-trump-mueller-finds/2019/04/18/109ddf74-571b-11e9-814f-e2f46684196e_story.html

Some on Mueller’s Team Say Report Was More Damaging Than Barr Revealed

Some of Robert S. Mueller III’s investigators have told associates that Attorney General William P. Barr failed to adequately portray the findings of their inquiry and that they were more troubling for President Trump than Mr. Barr indicated, according to government officials and others familiar with their simmering frustrations...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/us/politics/william-barr-mueller-report.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

The plot just thickened on William Barr and the Mueller report - The Washington Post: Analysis

The previously leakproof Mueller team is suddenly sprouting leaks, which suggests it's truly worried about what Attorney General William Barr is doing...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/04/plot-just-thickened-mueller-report/

The leaked James Comey memos just blew up in Trump's face - The Washington Post

The past 12 hours brought two very big revelations involving former FBI director James B. Comey, President Trump and the Russia investigation, and they must be looked at side by side to fully grasp their collective importance....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/04/20/the-leaked-comey-memos-just-blew-up-in-trumps-face/

Rooney: Entire Republican Staff of House Intelligence Committee Is Under Investigation -- Mother Jones

Rep. Tom Rooney says the atmosphere on the House Intelligence Committee is "absolute poison": Rooney said one reason for the tension is an erosion of trust, exacerbated by an ongoing ethics investigation into the "entire Republican staff," including "the woman up front that answers the phone" for alleged leaks. ....
https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2018/02/rooney-entire-republican-staff-of-house-intelligence-committee-is-under-investigation/

Salon: Fox News wants to find the real criminal here, and it’s not Michael Flynn

As federal prosecutors announced a plea deal with former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn Fox News had a unique spin on the significant development in the investigation into the Trump campaign's communications with Russia. ....
https://www.salon.com/2017/12/01/fox-news-wants-to-find-the-real-criminal-here-and-its-not-michael-flynn/

Leaked Trump Transcripts Show Fraught Relationships With World Leaders -- Bloomberg

Leaked transcripts of phone conversations between Donald Trump and two world leaders show the U.S. president relentlessly focused on his political image and underscore some of the difficulty he has had navigating foreign affairs.

The conversations between Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto during Trump's first week in office offer a window into the president's occasionally fraught relationships with other world leaders and his approach to negotiating toward his goals.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-03/trump-transcripts-show-fraught-relationships-with-world-leaders

Friday News Roundup – Domestic (Joshua Johnson, 1A) 2017-07-28

After purportedly consulting with generals and military experts, the president issued a ban on transgender troops. Then, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said his generals won’t act on the president’s tweets.

After voting to debate repeal and replace, Senate Republicans are now eyeing a slimmed down scaling back of the Affordable Care Act.

And after a week on the job, new White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci has jumped in to attack leakers and the Russia investigation.

After all this, join us for a recap of the week’s top stories.
Interview:
http://the1a.org/shows/2017-07-28/friday-news-roundup-domestic

Trump’s leaks crackdown sends chills through national security world -- POLITICO

Agency officials say measures have been taken to isolate leakers, creating a culture of fear. ...
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/07/trumps-leak-vendetta-sends-chills-240274?cid=ap

Court rejects EPA's attempt to halt Obama-era methane rule -- the guardian

Environmental Protection Agency had announced stay in rule that would require oil and gas companies to fix methane leaks in equipment ...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/03/epa-methane-rule-trump-scott-pruitt

Russian Military Intelligence May Have Tried to Hack U.S. Voting System

A leaked N.S.A. report shows Russia's election meddling may have gone much further than previously reported. ...
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/06/russian-military-intelligence-may-have-tried-to-hack-us-voting-system

Trump Lashes Out At Media Upon Return To US: 'Fake News Is The Enemy!'

President Donald Trump on Sunday lashed out at the media after returning from his first trip abroad as president to a maelstrom of bombshell reports about his administration and, most recently, his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner. Trump suggested that news reports based on anonymous White House sources are in fact "fabricated lies" and are not based on leaks from his administration — which experts say are rampant. ...
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-lashes-out-at-media