What Makes A Classified Document Classified?

Just because someone mentions nukes or troop movements in a group chat doesn’t automatically make it “classified”—there’s a whole process for that, and trust me, it’s not done by accident.

FBI reopening Clinton email investigation

The FBI on Friday said is reopening its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server, a stunning and unexpected move that comes over a week before the presidential election. In a letter sent to lawmakers on Friday, FBI Director James Comey said the bureau has learned of the existence of more emails “that appear to be […]

Ex-NSA Contractor Stole at Least 500 Million Pages of Records and Secrets

A former National Security Agency contractor amassed at least 500 million pages of government records, including top-secret information about military operations, by stealing documents bit by bit over two decades, the Justice Department alleged in a court filing submitted Thursday. Prosecutors in August arrested and charged Harold “Hal” Martin III,of Glen Burnie, Md., with theft of […]

Another case of a classified leak by a senior government official

We’re living in a renaissance of information. Information is now so readily available online that one can even attain a legal degree online, no doubt something lawyers hate. But the fact is, if you’d like to know something, it does not take a monumental effort to learn about it via Google. Governments don’t like its people to have […]

Ex-Joint Chiefs vice chairman charged with lying in Stuxnet leak investigation

Retired Marine Gen. James Cartwright, the former Joint Chiefs vice chairman, has been charged with making false statements in an investigation into the leaking of classified information about Iran’s nuclear program. Cartwright, who also led the U.S. Strategic Command and was known to have a close relationship with President Barack Obama, was the subject of a […]

No charges for Hillary, Chelsea Manning attempts suicide

Unfortunately, this is not satire and this is just the beginning of the social impact that Hillary Clinton’s hypocrisy is going to have on America. -Jack U.S. soldier Chelsea Manning, imprisoned for handing over classified files to pro-transparency site WikiLeaks, was hospitalized, her attorney said on Wednesday, after media reports that Manning had attempted to […]

Marine officer accused of mishandling classified info, trying to revive career

The Marine Corps has agreed to delay the discharge of a Reserve officer accused of mishandling classified information after he sent a warning to troops in Afghanistan days before an insider attack, Marine Corps Times has learned. The Marine Corps has agreed not to discharge Maj. Jason Brezler for at least eight months while his lawsuit […]