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Ex-Army Employee Accused of Leaking Delta Force Data

Courtney Williams, an ex-Army employee, is charged under the Espionage Act for allegedly leaking classified Delta Force information to a journalist between 2022 and 2024.

#EspionageAct, #DeltaForce, #NationalSecurity, #CourtneyWilliams, #ClassifiedInformation

https://newsletter.tf/courtney-williams-charged-leaking-delta-force-data/

Courtney Williams, a former Army employee, faces charges for leaking classified Delta Force documents. This is a serious violation of national security laws.

#EspionageAct, #DeltaForce, #NationalSecurity, #CourtneyWilliams, #ClassifiedInformation
https://newsletter.tf/courtney-williams-charged-leaking-delta-force-data/

Notorious War Hawk is Facing Prison Time For Mishandling Classified Defense Information

https://murica.website/2026/02/notorious-war-hawk-is-facing-prison-time-for-mishandling-classified-defense-information/

Notorious War Hawk is Facing Prison Time For Mishandling Classified Defense Information

https://murica.website/2026/02/notorious-war-hawk-is-facing-prison-time-for-mishandling-classified-defense-information/

16. Seppellendole in sacchi dei rifiuti nella discarica della città,in una posizione segnalata da una vecchia stufa smaltita in discarica, il fratello di #DanielEllsberg lo salvò da una condanna con l'#EspionageAct,che poteva essere anche la pena di morte,ma...

2. appena possibile vi spiegherò come verrà trattato presunto #leaker incriminato con #EspionageAct. Da notare: il Dipartimento della Giustizia USA NON lo ha incriminato per "aiding and abetting the enemy" come fece con Chelsea Manning,esponendola a rischio pena capitale

Today’s reminder that nobody from signalgate has been charged for their violations of the Espionage Act. Don’t let this go quietly. 👊🏽🇺🇸🔥
#USJusticeDepartment #EspionageAct #PeteHegeth #SignalChat #NationalSecurity

1. Tr^mp's lawyers did not dispute anything disclosed in the new filing. 2. If he believed overturning the election was part of his official acts, why was he using a burner phone routed outside of the U.S., unencrypted? 3. How many countries may be planning to blackmail him as a result of this #security #breach, or others?
#AdamCochran #Smith #filing #burner #phone #SpamRiskEgypt #EspionageAct #indict #espionage #risk #blackmail #foreign #intelligence #unencrypted #official #act #SCOTUS #king

"Good read on the #EspionageAct , it does not merely target “traitors and spies.” Even during #Trump ’s own presidency, obscure citizens who kept classified material at their homes, and were never accused of communicating it to anyone or aiding a foreign country, were convicted and sentenced to years in prison under the very same Espionage Act provision Trump is now charged with breaking."

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/15/politics/fact-check-espionage-act-trump-willful-retention-prison/index.html

#MissedQuoteBoost of post I cannot find now...

#AileenCannon did not indicate when she would issue a formal ruling on #Trump’s bid to toss out the #evidence.

The #FBI agents who searched #MarALago in Aug 2022 found HUNDREDS of #ClassifiedDocuments strewn throughout Trump’s living area. Trump is charged w/ illegally hoarding #NationalSecrets after he left office & #obstructing the government’s efforts to retrieve them. [not that she cares about #NationalSecurity]

#criminal #law #obstruction #EspionageAct

@alfredo_liberal 🤑No doubt the defendant benefitted from the sales of Trump-flags & preprinted "I stand with Trump" signs to 23 protesters, who w/o doubt & exception signed up to his wild claims, that he didn't steal federal property & secrets, but it was the Feds' fault.

#RuleOfLaw #AccountabilityMatters #JusticeMatters #Larceny #EspionageAct #UnauthorizedRemoval #UnlawfulRetention #UnauthorizedAccess #Treason #AidingAndAbetting #KremlinAsset #CareerCriminal #DefraudingAmerica #SellingOutAmerica #AntisocialPersonalityDisorder #NationalSecurityThreat

Also today

Judge #AileenCannon denied #Trump's effort to #delay #pretrial deadlines instead kept that date set for Feb 22, but before you get excited, she said she'd consider late-filed matters if they can show they're necessary.

#law #legal #MarALago #ClassifiedDocuments #obstruction #crimibal #EspionageAct
https://newrepublic.com/post/179061/judge-cannon-shut-down-trump-delay-tactic-classified-documents-trial

La liberazione di #JulianAssange è una vittoria per lui e per i suoi numerosi sostenitori in tutto il mondo ma "l’#EspionageAct continuerà a incombere sulle teste dei giornalisti che si occupano di questioni di sicurezza nazionale, non solo negli #USA."

#FreeAssangeNOW #HumanRights #JournalismIsNotCrimes #25giugno

https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jun/25/julian-assange-may-be-on-his-way-to-freedom-but-this-is-not-a-clear-victory-for-freedom-of-the-press

Honour Daniel #Ellsberg by Abrogating the Espionage Act

Daniel Ellsberg’s courage and contributions should be honored by abrogating the #EspionageAct of 1917, which was designed to stifle his example of dissent and whistleblowing

https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/06/21/honor-daniel-ellsberg-by-abrogating-the-espionage-act/

This is the sort of scenario that #ColdWar spy thrillers used to explore back in the day. What #WeirdDonOLD did when he spoke with #Putin is actively compromise #US #NationalSecurity. This applies even if they just exchanged pleasantries and talked about each other’s hobbies, without #Trump violating the #LoganAct.

If any one else did what Trump did here, there would be talk of charges under the #EspionageAct.

Will be get away with this, too?

#USPol #USPolitics

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Federal judge #AileenCannon on Thurs rejected #Trump's argument that the #ClassifiedDocuments case should be tossed out because he viewed the material as his #personal records.

#Trump argued that his retention of highly sensitive documents was authorized under a the #PRA.

#criminal #law #obstruction #EspionageAct #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.431.0.pdf

Indian American scholar Ashley Tellis indicted on 11 Espionage Act charges for retaining classified national defense information. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/ashley-tellis-indicted-11-espionage-counts-virginia-us-court-llz5ygrs?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #AshleyTellis #EspionageAct #LatestNews

John Bolton, a former national security adviser of U.S. President Donald Trump who later became one of his most vocal critics, has been charged with mishandling classified information. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/17/world/crime-legal/bolton-indicted-classified-information-mishandle/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #us #donaldtrump #johnbolton #espionageact #justicedepartment #petehegseth

I ADORE that the #trump administration is at such a loss as to what to say about the #signal situation, that Trump said he didn't even know about it when first pressed on it.

He definitely did. He was acting like a kid who was caught with chocolate on his face, and didn't know what to say to mom with an empty cookie jar.

Everyone else has a similar reaction in his cabinet.

Using a third party app for TOP SECRETS violated the #espionageact

https://scoopzapp.com/n/0zwFesFv?ctype=native_video&nid=3871741465866&s=a7&pd=0LRF5CpA&hl=en_US&send_time=1742949997&actBtn=videoShare

#usa #politics #news #fail

#politics #usa #trump #hegseth #securitybreach #breech #signal Hilary Clinton #espionageact Heather Cox Richardson National Security Breech 3/25/2025

#politics #usa #trump #hegseth #securitybreach #breech #signal #espionageact Heather Cox Richardson Reactions to National Security Breech 3/25/2025

Crazy story!

"I have never seen a breach quite like this. It is not uncommon for #NationalSecurity officials to communicate on Signal. But the #app is used primarily for meeting planning and other logistical matters—not for detailed and highly confidential discussions of a pending military action. And, of course, I’ve never heard of an instance in which a #journalist has been invited to such a discussion.

Conceivably, #Waltz, by coordinating a national-security-related action over Signal, may have violated several provisions of the #EspionageAct, which governs the handling of “national defense” information, according to several national-security lawyers interviewed by my colleague Shane Harris for this story. Harris asked them to consider a hypothetical scenario in which a senior U.S. official creates a Signal thread for the express purpose of sharing information with Cabinet officials about an active military operation. He did not show them the actual #Signal messages or tell them specifically what had occurred."

BUT HER EMAILS #EspionageAct #incompetent #trump #USPOL https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/?gift=kPTlqn0J1iP9IBZcsdI5IVJpB2t9BYyxpzU4sooa69M&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

[#Podcast] #LawAndDisorder, September 9, 2024

#September11, 2001: Lessons Learned And Overlooked

"It has been 23 years ago this week since the attacks on September 11, 2001 in New York City, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, PA, killing nearly 3,000 people and injuring more than 6,000. On that day, the United States had a choice: The #GeorgeWBush administration could have treated the attacks as a violation of US and international law, launched a criminal investigation, and brought the perpetrators to justice in accordance with the rule of law. Instead, President Bush waged #EndlessWars against #Afghanistan and #Iraq, pushed through Congress the USA #PatriotAct, opened the notorious detention center at #GuantanamoBay which remain to this day, rounded up Muslims and South Asians for #IndefiniteDetention, initiated a wave of #CivilLiberties and #HumanRights violations, and committed wholesale torture against detainees and others.

"To assess the legacy of 9/11 and the lessons learned and the lessons overlooked, we’ve invited someone who was at the center of Bush’s #WarOnTerror. John Kiriakou is a journalist, former CIA counterterrorism officer, former senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and former counterterrorism consultant for ABC News.

"In 2007, Kiriakou blew the whistle on the CIA’s torture program, telling ABC News that the #CIA tortured prisoners, that torture was official U.S. government policy, and that the policy had been approved by President George W. Bush. He knew what he was talking about. In 2002, he was responsible for the capture in Pakistan of #AbuZubaydah, then believed to be the third-ranking official in al-Qaeda.

"He became the sixth #whistleblower indicted by the #Obama administration under the #EspionageAct of 1917 — a law designed to punish spies. He served 23 months in prison as a result of his revelations.

"In 2012, the #RalphNader family honored #Kiriakou with the Joe A. Callaway Award for #CivicCourage, an award given to individuals who 'advance truth and justice despite the personal risk it creates.' He won the PEN Center USA’s prestigious First Amendment Award in 2015, the first Blueprint International Whistleblowing Prize for Bravery and Integrity in the Public Interest in 2016, and also in 2016 the Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence, given by retired CIA, FBI, and NSA officers."

Listen:
https://lawanddisorder.org/category/criminalizing-dissent/

#CIASponsoredTerror #CivilRights, #CriminalizingDissent #ExtraordinaryRendition #FreeSpeech #HumanRights #IraqWar #BushAdministraiton #HumanRights #HumanRightsViolation #TargetingMuslims #Torture #WarResister #Whistleblowers #CivilLiberties #CivilLibertiesRadio #EndlessWar

#Stockholm

Using my #FOIA documentation,I've reconstructed how from Aug. 2010 to Apr. 2019, the #US #EspionageAct case against #JA was like an aircraft hiding in the shadow of another aicraft (#SwedishCase) in order NOT to be detected by the radar of the public opinion

The resolution also calls for the
* The U.S. to urgently reform the 1917 Espionage Act
* The U.S. to conduct thorough, impartial, and transparent investigations into alleged war crimes and human rights violations disclosed by WikiLeaks and Mr Assange.
* The U.K. to conduct an independent review of the treatment of Julian Assange

#Assange #PardonAssange #EspionageAct
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From the Nation;
Assange’s Case Shows Why Reforming the Espionage Act Is Imperative for Press Freedom
Representative Rashida Tlaib has proposed an amendment to do so.

CHIP GIBBONS
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/espionage-reform-press-freedom-whistleblowers/

#WikiLeaks #JulianAssange #EspionageAct.

quali sono i 2 gravi errori commessi dal #TGLa7 di #Mentana?

1) ha affermato che è caduta l'accusa più grave di #spionaggio. Possibile che al #TGLa7 non abbiano capito che il capo di imputazione patteggiato è proprio uno dei 17 capi di imputazione ai sensi dell'#EspionageAct?

#JulianAssange was released from Belmarsh Prison after nearly 15 years but pled guilty to conspiracy to violate the #EspionageAct in a #Saipan courthouse. Despite his release, the case sets a troubling precedent for #journalism, highlighting the US government's stance that exposing powerful entities' wrongdoings can be criminalized, thereby chilling future journalistic endeavors.

https://jacobin.com/2024/06/julian-assange-journalism-wikileaks-freedom

Here's the thing about #JulianAssange and the #EspionageAct prosecution that some folks are all worked up about...
For conviction, the law requires either intent to harm the U.S. or gross negligence in the handling of the classified information.
If you don't think Assange had intent, you haven't been paying attention. AND he was grossly negligent in what he made public.
Real journalists don't have intent to harm, and they are careful about what they release.
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Cuz she doesn’t want to be removed:

Judge #AileenCannon is skeptical that #evidence from #MarALago should be thrown out – she was not receptive to the defense’s complaints about the 2022 search of #Trump’s home.

Her skepticism toward defense was unusual, as a Trump appointee who has issued many favorable rulings toward Trump & has often clashed w/special counsel #JackSmith’s team…

#criminal #law #ClassifiedDocuments #obstruction #EspionageAct
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/25/aileen-cannon-trump-evidence-classified-documents-00164944

My latest on the Assange case: For Assange, the Process Was the Punishment

https://www.cato.org/blog/assange-process-was-punishment

#Assange #EspionageAct #surveillance #warcrimes #whistleblower

@GreenFire Yup! Trump is as much above the law as Julius & Ethel Rosenberg.

#RuleOfLaw #AccountabilityNow #JusticeMatters #Trump #PublicDanger #NationalSecurityThreat #EspionageAct #EspionageAct #UnauthorizedRemoval

The guy, who was appointed "fucking moron"-in-chief by his former Sec of State Tillerson, left Florida courtroom after pleading *not guilty* yesterday, only to openly admit a couple of hours later in Bedminster, NJ, that he stole all these federal (classified) documents, because he felt he had the power to loot them.

Not a valid defense, but an admission to the charges.

P.S.: Where's Trump's priority list ranking the potential sales value of the stolen national security docs?

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/former-fbi-general-counsel-says-trump-admitted-to-a-crime-during-tuesday-night-speech-that-is-an-admission-to-that-charge/
#RuleOfLaw #AccountabilityNow #JusticeMatters #Trump #NARA #FederalProperty #ClassifiedDocuments #EspionageAct #Larceny #ObstructionOfJustice #UnauthorizedRemoval #DC #NationalSecurity #NationalSecurityThreat #PublicDanger #Sociopathy #AntisocialPersonalityDisorder

Verfahren wegen Spionage bei Twitter
Saudische Spione bei Twitter?
Mehr dazu bei https://netzpolitik.org/2022/prozess-twitter-manager-sollen-oppositionelle-in-saudi-arabien-ausspioniert-haben/
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Link im Tor-Netzwerk: http://a6pdp5vmmw4zm5tifrc3qo2pyz7mvnk4zzimpesnckvzinubzmioddad.onion/de/articles/8092-20220726-verfahren-wegen-spionage-bei-twitter.htm
Tags: #Saudi-Arabien #USA #Twitter #Spionage #Assange #EspionageAct #Menschenrechte #Gefährdung #Todesurteile #Folter #KronprinzMohammedbinSalman #Kashoggi

In her 87p opinion, #Howell said the likelihood that #Trump committed #crimes was a basis to permit #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith to question #Trump’s atty #EvanCorcoran on topics that would normally be shielded by #AttorneyClientPrivilege [ #TheCrimeFraudException applies again].

Howell’s opinion:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.561.4.pdf

#NationalSecurity #DOJ #criminal #law #obstruction #EspionageAct #AileenCannon #ClassifiedDocuments

@washingtonpost Mandatory security clearances plus meticulous mental health checks for presidential candidates, like for every regular national security agency janitor may contribute to solve that issue at least partially.

Presidential office should be off limits for corrupt, potentially treasonous, indebted & imbecile idiots.

#RuleOfLaw #AccountabilityMatters #JusticeMatters #PresidentialOffice #SecurityClearance #NationalSecurity #Sociopathy #Trump #KingOfDebts #CareerCriminal #MarALoco #StolenClassifiedDocs #EspionageAct #Treason

@3x10to8mps A guy with $50,000 of debts would hardly pass security clearance vetting to get a job moving luggage on an airport.

Trump has a debt burden of at least $1 billion to refund — and he didn't have to pass security clearance checks.

Debts can be tempting to act illoyally or even treasonously. (Foreign) adversaries know such weaknesses & will try to exploit them for their benefit.

Unaccountability leads to brazen criminality.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2020/10/16/donald-trump-has-at-least-1-billion-in-debt-more-than-twice-the-amount-he-suggested/
#RuleOfLaw #AccountabilityNow #JusticeMatters #Trump #KingOfDebts #Larceny #Espionage #EspionageAct #Treason #DefraudingAmerica #BetrayingAmerica

@Reuters Hitler's war of aggression, as outlined in his testimony of his mass-murderous conspiracy "Mein Kampf" clearly determined Poland not to be the last target of his aggression, but rather the conquest for "living space in the East", including the Soviet Union.

Not even Stalin took it that seriously, even signing a non-aggression pact with the Nazis to aggressively invade & occupy parts of Eastern & North-Eastern Europe like Poland, the Baltic & more.

As Stalin's self-perceived imperial heir, what kind of pact had Vladimir Putin Trump secretly sign in Helsinki sharing formerly Soviet-occupied territories, with the consent of the idiot, who was so eager to build a Trump tower in Moscow?

#DefendFreedom #DefendAmerica #DefendDemocracy #ProsecuteTrump #KremlinAsset #EspionageAct #Treason #ForeignAgent #FARA #NARA 2

The indications of #ClassifiedDocuments at #Bedminster so alarmed prosecutors that they focused part of the investigation on whether #Trump might have #transported the materials or #disclosed their contents there in addition to refusing to return them to the government, the people said.

#obstruction #EspionageAct

Related: Chief Judge Boasberg *denied* #Trump “body man” #WaltNauta’s request to transfer some #GrandJury materials from DC to #Florida, says #Nauta failed to make specific case.

https://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/sites/dcd/files/Memorandum%20Opinion%20-%20Document%2049.pdf

#ClassifiedDocuments #conspiracy #criminal #law #obstruction #EspionageAct #NationalSecurity #DOJ #JackSmith #MarALago

@skykiss Obstruction of Justice flows in Trump's veins, not even leaving his body, when he's going to the toilet, tearing apart a bunch of classified docs to flush 'em down the drain.

#RuleOfLaw #AccountabilityNow #JusticeMatters #CareerCriminals #Insurrection #Overthrow #Theft #EspionageAct #Treason #KremlinAssets #RogerStone #Trumputin

@realTuckFrumper All right-wing roads lead to the Kremlin.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/01/why-does-putin-have-superfans-among-the-us-right-wing
#RuleOfLaw #MTG #GagaMAGA #PutinsAssets #KremlinAssets #ForeignAgents #EspionageAct #Treason