“Jeffrey Sterling was the hero of Risen’s story,” prosecutor Eric Olshan finished his closing argument in the Jeffrey Sterling trial. “Don’t let him be the hero of this one.”“They are patriots,” prosecutor Jim Trump ended his...
Government Tries to Convict Jeffrey Sterling for Retroactively Classified Documents About Rotary Phones
After a week of ominous language about the dangers of leaking classified documents, the 14 jurors in the Jeffrey Sterling trial Tuesday got their first look at purportedly classified documents.Martha Lutz, the CIA’s Chief of Litigation Support and the bane of...
CIA’s Small World at the Jeffrey Sterling Trial: Racial Profiling and Leaked Identities
While the jury will likely neither note nor learn of them, there were details from last week’s testimony in the Jeffrey Sterling trial that resonated with two other notable cases involving the CIA: the New York Police Department’s spying on Muslims and the...
Government Declares a Monopoly on the Right To Call James Risen as a Witness
As Josh Gerstein first reported, the government has just asked the judge in the Jeffrey Sterling trial, Leonie Brinkema, to declare James Risen unavailable as a witness. After having defended their own right to call Risen as a witness all the way to the Supreme Court,...
President Who Had Yemeni Journalist Jailed Criticizes Impunity for Mistreatment of Journalists
Today, November 2, 2014, is the first annual International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists.To mark the date, the President just issued this statement.History shows that a free press remains a critical foundation for prosperous, open, and secure...
Marcy Wheeler: Are FBI and NCTC Trying to Pressure Prosecutors to Charge the Second Intercept Source?
Citing “law enforcement and intelligence sources who have been briefed on the case,” Michael Isikoff reports that the government has identified “the second leaker” – a source of information on drone targeting and terrorist watchlisting for The...
