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NSA Contractor Who Hoarded Secrets at Home Is Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison
BALTIMORE — A troubled former National Security Agency contractor who spent two decades stuffing his home, car and garden shed with highly classified documents was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison in a case that exposed a shocking laxity in security at the NSA and other secret government facilities.At a New Museum, Cloaks and Daggers Galore
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NSA Contractor Arrested in Biggest Breach of U.S. Secrets Pleads Guilty
BALTIMORE — In a case that exposed the government’s embarrassing failure to secure its secrets, a 54-year-old former National Security Agency contractor pleaded guilty Thursday to taking secret documents home in a deal likely to put him in prison for nine years.Living in the Age of Big Leaks
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LinkedIn Co-Founder Apologizes for Deception in Alabama Senate Race
Reid Hoffman, the tech billionaire whose money was spent on Russian-style social media deception in a Senate race last year, apologized Wednesday, saying in a statement that he had not approved the operation and did not support such tactics in U.S. politics.
Facebook Closes 5 Accounts That Used Russia-like Tactics in Alabama Senate Race
In an unusual move against Russian-style election deception inside the United States, Facebook said on Saturday it had removed five accounts of Americans who used its platform improperly in the hard-fought Alabama Senate election last year.Facebook Closes 5 Accounts That Used Russia-like Tactics in Alabama Senate Race
In an unusual move against Russian-style election deception inside the United States, Facebook said on Saturday it had removed five accounts of Americans who used its platform improperly in the hard-fought Alabama Senate election last year.Five Takeaways From New Reports on Russia's Social Media Operations
The Senate Intelligence Committee on Monday released two new reports it commissioned about the Russian campaigns on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other social media platforms during the 2016 election and beyond. The reports, by teams led by experts at the cybersecurity company New Knowledge and Oxford University, fill out a portrait of the impressive operations by the Internet Research Agency in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Five Takeaways From New Reports on Russia's Social Media Operations
The Senate Intelligence Committee on Monday released two new reports it commissioned about the Russian campaigns on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other social media platforms during the 2016 election and beyond. The reports, by teams led by experts at the cybersecurity company New Knowledge and Oxford University, fill out a portrait of the impressive operations by the Internet Research Agency in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Five Takeaways From New Reports on Russia's Social Media Operations
The Senate Intelligence Committee on Monday released two new reports it commissioned about the Russian campaigns on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other social media platforms during the 2016 election and beyond. The reports, by teams led by experts at the cybersecurity company New Knowledge and Oxford University, fill out a portrait of the impressive operations by the Internet Research Agency in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Five Takeaways From New Reports on Russia's Social Media Operations
The Senate Intelligence Committee on Monday released two new reports it commissioned about the Russian campaigns on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other social media platforms during the 2016 election and beyond. The reports, by teams led by experts at the cybersecurity company New Knowledge and Oxford University, fill out a portrait of the impressive operations by the Internet Research Agency in St. Petersburg, Russia.
At a new museum, cloaks and daggers galore
(Exhibition Review): WASHINGTON — The intelligence craft in American history and culture is a decidedly mixed bag. It has served up intrigue, genius and heroism, clever undercover operations and brain-boggling gadgetry, making it a linchpin of popular entertainment. Yet the spy trade also has a darker strain: Prone to epic failures and frequently in ethical trouble, the agencies have been embroiled in recent years in scandals involving brutal torture and secret surveillance.
NSA contractor arrested in biggest breach of U.S. secrets pleads guilty
BALTIMORE — In a case that exposed the government’s embarrassing failure to secure its secrets, a 54-year-old former National Security Agency contractor pleaded guilty Thursday to taking classified documents home in a deal likely to put him in prison for nine years.
