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QUESTION: (Inaudible) out of Iran the Iran talks next week. What are your expectations for these talks? I mean, are there any indications that Iran is coming ready to negotiate with you? And do you think the Wikileaks could actually help by showing Iran what all of its neighbors think of it?
MR. CROWLEY: (Laughter.) Let me take the first thing first. We would like to see Iran engage in a real process. I think I quipped last year: What's our objective for the first meeting? A second meeting. But that would signal Iran is ready to answer the questions that the international community has. I mean, Iran is alone in the fact that it is unable or unwilling to answer the questions that have arisen about the nature of its nuclear program. But these are not impossible questions to answer. We will come next week prepared to engage on the nuclear issue, engage on other topics of interest with Iran. We hope that they will come to this meeting with the same seriousness of purpose. We're under no illusions here. We understand that this may be difficult and we understand that Iran may not come prepared to engage constructively. But we're showing that we're willing to offer this continue to offer this engagement and we hope that we will have a productive meeting next week. |
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2010 NATO is working to have the right balance between ensuring intelligence gets to those who need it most and the need to protect that information, the alliance's supreme allied commander for Europe said this week.
In a Nov. 29 interview, Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis said cybersecurity is a priority within the alliance, and member nations are taking steps to both improve distribution of intelligence and protect its networks.
Cyber attacks have occurred, and the threat is growing. The attacks are often tough to attribute, can cause immense damage and can be launched by nations, terrorists, criminal gangs or individuals. NATO has to find the balance between 'share to win' and 'need to know,' Stavridis said.
'Life is not an on or off switch,' he said. 'In other words, we can't just open everything up or shut everything down - although that is the tendency in moments of crisis.' The WikiLeaks releases are that type of crisis, he added, and it is tough to know where to set the dial.
'As a result of WikiLeaks, we will move that dial back a bit, more to the 'protect' side, but I think it is very important that we don't overreact to it and simply shut down into international enclaves and cut off sharing,' he said. 'It would be massively counterproductive.'
NATO needs to put in place technical means to protect information and networks, the admiral said.
'We've got to use all the technical means at our disposal to protect ourselves from something like WikiLeaks or any other attempt to intrude, manipulate, move data or reveal classified secrets,' Stavridis said. 'There's a policy side to it, which is deciding where the dial goes, and there's a technical side to it, and we're very working very hard to put those in place.'
The admiral said he believes a cyber attack could trigger a response in accordance with Article 5 of the NATO Charter, which states that an attack on any alliance member is an attack on all alliance members.
Cyber attacks can run the gamut from low-level observation to denial-of-service attacks, and from espionage and intrusion to actual kinetic effects, Stavridis said.
'When you come into my networks and are manipulating my air traffic control data, and you are causing airplanes to be unable to land and they crash and people die,' he added, 'that's an attack.'
But for the most part, the admiral said, cyber attacks on alliance nations would be handled as something less -- probably under Article 4, which states that alliance nations will consult together whenever any of them believes its territorial integrity, political independence or security is threatened.
These are questions NATO is focusing on at the Center for Excellence for Cybersecurity in Tallinn, Estonia, an apt location, because Estonia was the victim of a cyber attack in 2006.
'The alliance has to define this [threat of cyber attack] and understand the policy questions raised by this,' Stavridis said.
When diplomats negotiated the NATO pact in the late 1940s, they never envisioned a cyber world, the admiral noted. 'That's what we will do now that we have the focus that's afforded by the strategic concept,' he said.
Although NATO is not yet looking to establish a counterpart to U.S. Cyber Command, that will be one of the questions officials ask as the process moves forward, Stavridis said.
'I could envision within the NATO alliance an operational command that focuses on cyber,' he said. 'At the moment, that work is imbedded in several of the NATO agencies. But I think we are seeing this as an operational task, so I will be advocating putting more of this on the operational side.' |
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WASHINGTON (AP) The Justice Department will prosecute anyone found to have violated U.S. law in the leaks of classified government documents by online whistleblower WikiLeaks, Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday.
'This is not saber-rattling,' said the attorney general, who declared that the Obama administration condemns the leaks.
Holder said the latest disclosure, involving classified State Department documents, puts at risk the security of the nation, its diplomats, intelligence assets and U.S. relationships with foreign governments.
'To the extent that we can find anybody who was involved in the breaking of American law, who put at risk the assets and the people I have described, they will be held responsible; they will be held accountable,' Holder said at a news conference on another topic. He called the WikiLeaks probe 'an active, ongoing criminal investigation. |
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WASHINGTON Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Wednesday issued the following statement after Amazon.com decided to terminate its relationship with Wikileaks. After reading press reports that Amazon was hosting the Wikileaks website, Committee staff contacted Amazon Tuesday for an explanation.
'This morning Amazon informed my staff that it has ceased to host the Wikileaks website. I wish that Amazon had taken this action earlier based on Wikileaks' previous publication of classified material. The company's decision to cut off Wikileaks now is the right decision and should set the standard for other companies Wikileaks is using to distribute its illegally seized material. I call on any other company or organization that is hosting Wikileaks to immediately terminate its relationship with them. Wikileaks' illegal, outrageous, and reckless acts have compromised our national security and put lives at risk around the world. No responsible company whether American or foreign should assist Wikileaks in its efforts to disseminate these stolen materials. I will be asking Amazon about the extent of its relationship with Wikileaks and what it and other web service providers will do in the future to ensure that their services are not used to distribute stolen, classified information.' |
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As part of an integrated federal government approach to respond to the unlawful and irresponsible disclosure of classified information by Wikileaks, the National Security Staff has been coordinating an interagency effort to examine the policies and practices surrounding the handling of classified information, and to put in place safeguards to prevent such a compromise from happening again.
The 9/11 attacks and their aftermath revealed gaps in intra-governmental information sharing. During the past decade, departments and agencies have tried to eliminate those gaps, resulting in considerable improvement in information-sharing.
At the same time, federal policies underscore the importance of the existing prohibitions, restrictions, and requirements regarding the safeguarding of classified information. Our national security requires that sensitive information be maintained in confidence to protect our citizens, our democratic institutions, our homeland and our partners. Protecting information critical to our nation's security is the responsibility of each individual and agency granted access to classified information.
NATIONAL SECURITY STAFF INITIATIVES
On December 1, 2010, the National Security Advisor named Russell Travers to serve as the National Security Staff's Senior Advisor for Information Access and Security Policy. Travers will lead a comprehensive effort to identify and develop the structural reforms needed in light of the Wikileaks breach. His responsibilities will include:
Advising the National Security Staff on corrective actions, mitigation measures, and policy recommendations related to the breach.
Facilitating interagency discussions and developing options for Deputies, Principals, and the President regarding technological and/or policy changes to limit the likelihood of such a leak reoccurring.
Additionally, the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) will take an independent look at the means by which the Executive Branch as a whole shares and protects classified information. While the PIAB's traditional mandate is the examination of intelligence issues, the members' requisite security clearances, deep understanding of the wider United States Government national security mission and appreciation of the scope and complexity of classified government computer networks, make it particularly well-suited to immediately undertake this U.S. Government-wide review. As a part of this undertaking, the PIAB will:
Work with departments and agencies across the government to ensure they gain a comprehensive appreciation of all relevant challenges and requirements necessary to safeguard classified information and networks.
Examine the current posture of the whole of government with regard to leaks of classified information.
Examine the balance between the need to share information and the need to protect information.
Review the degree to which the government is organized to achieve information handling goals, consistent with our interests in security, information sharing, and transparency.
These efforts by the NSS and the PIAB will complement actions being taken across the Federal Government. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has directed each department or agency that handles classified information establish a security assessment team consisting of counterintelligence, security, and information assurance experts to review the agency's implementation of procedures for safeguarding classified information against improper disclosures. The OMB has directed that each review should include (without limitation) evaluation of the agency's configuration of classified government systems to ensure that users do not have broader access than is necessary to do their jobs effectively, as well as implementation of restrictions on usage of, and removable media capabilities from, classified government computer networks. The OMB, the Information Security Oversight Office, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence will stand up processes to evaluate, and to assist agencies in their review of security practices with respect to the protection of classified information.
Prior to the issuance of this OMB Directive, several agencies had proactively initiated measures to further safeguard classified information and networks. The following are examples of the numerous mitigation efforts underway across the interagency.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE INITIATIVES
The Secretary of State has commissioned a review of State Department security procedures. The Under Secretary for Management has assembled a team of senior management professionals in all related areas to conduct a thorough review of current policies and procedures to ensure that they are fully abreast of the challenges faced. Their efforts will be coordinated with the Bureau of Intelligence and Research to ensure that a measures taken strike the correct balance between the critical need to protect classified information and the equally compelling requirement to ensure that it is shared with those who need it in their work to advance our national security.
This review has already reaffirmed the Department's policy of deploying 'thin client' computer units without removable media options and limiting the ability to download material from classified terminals to only approved and controlled circumstances.
The Department will also deploy an automated tool that will continuously monitor the classified network to detect anomalies that would not be readily apparent. This capability will be backed up by a professional staff who will promptly analyze these anomalies to ensure that they do not represent threats to the system.
The mandatory annual training and recertification requirement that all employees must satisfy is being reviewed to see if additional material needs to be added to bolster this on-going effort.
In the interim, the Department has suspended access to the Net Centric Diplomacy (NCD) database of diplomatic reporting , and its classified 'ClassNet' web sites and SharePoint sites previously accessible through the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet), while retaining access via the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System..
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DoD) INITIATIVES
On August 12, 2010, Defense Secretary Robert Gates commissioned two reviews to determine what policy, procedural and/or technological shortfalls contributed to the unauthorized disclosure to the Wikileaks website. He specifically directed an assessment to determine if the DoD had appropriately balanced restrictions associated with information security and the need to provide our front-line personnel with the information needed to accomplish their assigned missions.
As a result of these two reviews, a number of findings and recommendations are in the process of being assessed and implemented, including the following:
Disabling and controlling use of removable storage media on DoD classified networks to prevent download from classified networks.
Developing procedures to monitor and detect suspicious, unusual or anomalous user behavior (similar to procedures now being implemented by credit card companies to detect and monitor fraud).
Conducting security oversight inspections in all Combatant Commands.
Undertaking vulnerability assessments of DoD networks.
Improving awareness and compliance with information protection procedures. Specific examples being undertaken at the
Combatant Command level include:
Increased 'insider threat' training focusing on awareness of associated activity.
Multi-discipline training between traditional security, law enforcement and information assurance at all echelons.
The establishment of 'Insider Threat Working Groups' to address the Wikileaks incident and prevent reoccurrence.
Component-determined restricted access to the Wikileaks site to prevent further dissemination or downloading of classified information to unclassified DoD networks.
Restating of policy to all personnel regarding restrictions on downloading to government systems and cautionary advice regarding personal IT systems.
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When the press and WikiLeaks announced that they were going to release purported State cables starting on November 28, 2010, the State Department took the following immediate actions: 1) Established a 24/7 WikiLeaks Working Group composed of senior officials from throughout the Department, notably our regional bureaus; 2) Created a group to review potential risks to individuals; and 3) Suspended SIPRNet access to NCD (SIPRNet is a DOD network).
The Department also created a Mitigation Team to address the policy, legal, security, counterintelligence, and information assurance issues presented by the release of these documents. During this period, the Department kept Congress apprised of both the international fallout caused by the WikiLeaks' disclosure and the steps undertaken to mitigate them. The Department convened two separate briefings for members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate within days (December 2, 2010) of the first disclosure by WikiLeaks and appeared twice before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (December 7 and 9, 2010). |
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Madam Speaker, the New York Times recently decided to print classified State Department documents obtained illegally by WikiLeaks. But one year ago, The Times declined to print information released during the ClimateGate scandal that showed scientists were hiding contradictory temperature data.
Regarding its decision to print the WikiLeaks documents, The Times wrote: 'For The Times to ignore this material would be to deny its own readers the careful reporting and thoughtful analysis they expect when this kind of information becomes public.'
In contrast, The Times said they did not publish the ClimateGate documents because, 'The documents appear to have been acquired illegally and contain all manner of private information and statements that were never intended for the public eye, so they won't be posted here.'
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Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. President, I rise today to address a new and very serious threat to our national security.
In July of this year, the organization known as WikiLeaks , led by an Australian citizen named Julian Assange, published 90,000 classified intelligence documents related to our efforts in the ongoing war against the Taliban insurgents and al-Qaida in Afghanistan.
In October, WikiLeaks dumped 400,000 classified documents that revolved around the efforts of our Nation and our coalition partners to bring democracy, peace, and stability to the people of Iraq.
Now, just a few days ago, WikiLeaks has dumped another 250,000 documents that reveal private, often personal, communications between diplomats and heads of state--communication that is necessary for the critical discourse that occurs between governments on the many relevant and challenging international issues of our day [NOTE WikiLeaks did not release all 250,000 cable at this time].
In light of the damage that has already been done and the continuing threat posed by WikiLeaks , I am here to introduce a bill that will help defend our national interests, protect our troops, and provide assurance to our friends and allies that what they say to us in private will stay with us, and that there will be consequences for the reckless actions taken by WikiLeaks, or others, who may attempt to do what they have done--consequences that are consistent with our values and with our first amendment.
Let me spend a few moments examining the nature of this threat and some of the serious implications.
After WikiLeaks dumped 400,000 classified documents concerning our efforts to promote democracy in Iraq, Pentagon spokesman Geoffrey Morrell stated the Department of Defense had to scramble to notify 300 Iraqis because we were immediately concerned about their safety. He went on to say that as many as 60,000 Iraqis could possibly be identified in these leaked documents.
Let us consider the plight of those Iraqis just for a moment. These individuals came forward to us with information that they felt would help their government deal with the insurgency and terrorist presence that has been an impediment to peace and stability within their nation. Yet this despicable character, Julian Assange, has rewarded their bravery by naming them to their enemies. This puts their very lives and the lives of their families in jeopardy. This discourages other Iraqis from coming forward and standing up for freedom.
This, in turn, jeopardizes the lives of our American troops and harms our efforts to provide stability in Iraq to the point where we can withdraw our troops.
Unfortunately, if Iraqis become afraid to speak out against the terrorists in their midst for fear of being named by Julian Assange, succeeding becomes that much more difficult.
Let's turn to Afghanistan. Back in July, I read in the Times of London a very interesting assessment about the implication of Mr. Assange's actions. Let me quote:
Hundreds of Afghans' lives have been put at risk by the leaking of 90,000 intelligence documents because the files identify informants working with NATO forces.
Let me quote again from the Times:
In just two hours of searching the WikiLeaks archive, the Times found the names of dozens of Afghans credited with providing detailed intelligence to U.S. forces. Their villages are given for identification and also, in many cases, their fathers' names.
To the credit of the Times, they cited examples to back up their claims. But as any responsible media organization should, they at least, in their report, took the steps of hiding the names of the villagers who came forward with information to assist their government and NATO.
Madam President, just as WikiLeaks recklessly dumped the leaked intelligence on Afghanistan, a Taliban spokesperson gave an interview in which he said:
We are studying the report. ....We will investigate through our own secret service whether the people mentioned are really spies working for the U.S. If they are U.S. spies, then we know how to punish them.
I don't think I need to elaborate on how the Taliban punishes their enemies.
Now we have this latest dump of classified State Department cables and information. I applaud our former colleague, Secretary Clinton, for the excellent remarks she has made on this issue. She pointed out that the leaks have put people's lives in danger, threatened our national security, and undermined our efforts to work with other countries to solve shared problems.
An essential dialog takes place between nations--a dialog that has existed since nations first began. With that dialog, diplomats need to be able to express their views candidly and, yes, privately. This is how a lot of problems are solved.
Our Nation is working toward international solutions to some very complex problems. The Government of Yemen is fighting terrorists that reside within their own borders. The proliferation of nuclear weapons technology and the threat of long-range missiles in North Korea are problems that require multilateral international engagement.
Secretary Clinton made another point I will focus on for a moment. Assange didn't just leak classified details about meetings between diplomats. Our diplomats overseas meet with local human rights workers, journalists, religious leaders, and others--people with unique insight into a wider range of issues.
Unfortunately, we live in a dangerous world where revealing the identity of someone fighting for social issues, such as women's rights or children's rights or the identity of an advocate for religious freedom could have serious repercussions that include imprisonment, torture, or even death.
I wonder if WikiLeaks understands if Afghan villagers or activists fighting for human rights under oppressive regimes are killed as a result of being named in these leaks, the blood of these good people is on their hands.
Before I proceed with an examination of the bill that I have crafted to address this threat, let's be clear about some things. No one should do Julian Assange any credit by referring to him as a journalist or as part of the news media. He is a computer hacker and an anarchist.
True to his hacker roots, he has devised a portal through which he hopes members of our government will anonymously and surreptitiously provide him unfettered access to our closest secrets.
Make no mistake, these actions have harmed our friends and helped our enemies in a manner prejudicial to the safety and national interest of the United States.
So with this threat in mind, a threat that the Founders could have never seen coming, we have crafted a bill that amends the Espionage Act, specifically Title 18, Section 798.
Under current law, it is a criminal act for someone who knowingly and willfully communicates, furnishes, transmits, publishes, or otherwise makes available to any unauthorized person any classified information concerning the communication intelligence activities of our United States of America.
My bill, which we are introducing today, extends this protection currently afforded to the communications intelligence to human intelligence, known as HUMINT. This bill protects human intelligence sources and methods. I want to be very clear. It is my opinion that we can go after Julian Assange under the current statute. But what our legislation does is updates this decades-old statute to address this evolving threat prospectively.
I have no doubt that Assange is going to put out another document dump on his Web site and another one after that. Once he does, this bill would give the administration increased flexibility to deal with him and potentially other copycat organizations that aspire to his likeness.
There are a couple of concerns I want to address. First, one might wonder how this bill stands with our first amendment. While I hope we can all agree that Julian Assange is no journalist, some might wonder if the amended law that would result from this bill could be applied to the news media. It is pretty frustrating for the intelligence community when communications intelligence sources and methods are blown.
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Leaks of classified information place lives at risk, and that has already happened, the chairman said.
WikiLeaks' posting of classified documents demonstrates 'little care for those lives, and little care for the responsibilities that come with focusing on those lives, or the kinds of engagements that we have diplomatically,' he said.
At the same time, he said, leaked documents reveal how deeply the United States is engaged around the world.
'Often times, we focus heavily on trouble spots, because they're the most dangerous,' Mullen said. 'We are a country that really tries to solve those problems.'
He said the United States has been, and continues to be in many ways, indispensable in its leadership to 'move these problems to a place where they can be solved.'
'Do we always get it right? No. Do we make mistakes? Certainly, on occasion,' Mullen said. 'But I think by and large what you're seeing is the U.S. as it always has been - heavily engaged, working to lead, and trying to solve some very, very complex, difficult, and dangerous problems, and we'll continue to do that.' |
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What we should do is treat Assange as an enemy combatant. Information warfare is warfare. The National Security Agency should close down that site, keep it closed down. Every time they try to reopen it under a new name, they should close it down. We should wage active information warfare against any effort to release American secrets. |
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The law firm had a meeting with Bank of America on December 3. To prepare, the firm emailed Palantir and the others asking for '...five to six slides on WikiLeaks - who they are, how they operate and how this group may help this bank.'
Hunton and Williams were recommended to Bank of America's general counsel by the Department of Justice, according to the email chain viewed by The Tech Herald. The law firm was using the meeting to pitch Bank of America on retaining them for an internal investigation surrounding WikiLeaks.
'They basically want to sue them to put an injunction on releasing any data' an email between the three data intelligence firms said. 'They want to present to the bank a team capable of doing a comprehensive investigation into the data leak.'
Hunton and Williams would act as outside counsel on retainer, while Palantir would take care of network and insider threat investigations. For their part, Berico Technologies and HBGary Federal would analyze WikiLeaks.
'Apparently if they can show that WikiLeaks is hosting data in certain countries it will make prosecution easier,' the email added.
In less than 24-hours, the three analytical companies created a presentation filled with publicly available information and ideas on how the firms could be 'deployed' against WikiLeaks 'as a unified and cohesive investigative analysis cell.' |
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The news media are reporting today, accurately, that the Library of Congress is blocking access to the WikiLeaks site across its computer systems, including those for use by patrons in the reading rooms.
I wanted to provide here the same statement we've been giving to reporters and patrons who are asking about it:
'The Library decided to block WikiLeaks because applicable law obligates federal agencies to protect classified information. Unauthorized disclosures of classified documents do not alter the documents' classified status or automatically result in declassification of the documents.'
The White House's Office of Management and Budget today provided the guidance that '[f]federal agencies collectively, and each federal employee and contractor individually, are obligated to protect classified information pursuant to all applicable laws, as well as to protect the integrity of government information technology systems.' |
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Lamo: Over a period, May 20 through May 26. |
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FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION AND PROMPT ACTION: WikiLeaks: Model Agency Notice to Employees |
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Q Before we were leaving there were more disclosures from WikiLeaks about President Karzai, about the strains in the relationship there. Do you think that that comes at an awkward time? Do you think that that may add to some of the tensions in the relationship as the two leaders talk?
MR. RHODES: I think -- I don't think so. I think we've had -- we've dealt with a series of public discussion around some of the challenges in Afghanistan. There have been books, there have been previous WikiLeaks revelations related to Afghanistan. So we've weathered those kinds of revelations before as it relates to our relationship with President Karzai and the Afghan government.
I think we're all well aware that there are serious challenges in Afghanistan. It's a tough fight. It's a country that is trying to recover from many, many years of war, predating even 9/11. So we've had ups and downs in terms of the kind of public revelation of information associated with the challenge of Afghanistan. But I think precisely the fact that we've dealt with some of the very specific stories associated with the latest WikiLeaks disclosure -- and through these WikiLeaks disclosures and through these books and articles -- I think it allows us to be able to weather this and continue to move forward.
What we're focused on is making sure that our two governments are aligned behind the strategic objective, which, again, is breaking the Taliban's momentum, building up Afghan capacity, and undertaking a transition that both ensures that there's never a safe haven for terrorism in Afghanistan as it was before 9/11 and that the Afghan people can control their own future.
MR. GIBBS: Let me add, as Ben said, the challenges on either the security side or the governing side are not new and they're certainly not unknown. What unites both sides is, what Ben just alluded to, which is our goal of providing safety and security, our goal of ridding the Taliban, al Qaeda and its extremist affiliates from the ability to use Afghanistan as a safe haven to plan attacks on our country.
So the challenges are known; the goals are known. And we are pleased to be making progress. |
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Philip J. Crowley, spokesman for the State Department, denied in an email message any federal involvement: 'This is not true. We have instructed State Department employees not to access the WikiLeaks site and download posted documents using an unclassified network since these documents are still classified. We condemn what Mr. Assange is doing, but have given no advice to anyone beyond the State Department to my knowledge.' |
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Assistant Secretary |
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Freedom of information and expression is a core value of our institution,' Coatsworth wrote in an e-mail to the SIPA community Monday morning (full e-mail message below). 'Thus, SIPA's position is that students have a right to discuss and debate any information in the public arena that they deem relevant to their studies or to their roles as global citizens, and to do so without fear of adverse consequences.
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December 6, 2010
Dear SIPA Community,
Last Tuesday, SIPA's Office of Career Services received a call from a former student currently employed by the U.S. Department of State who pointed out that the U.S. government documents released during the past few months through WikiLeaks are still considered classified. The caller suggested that students who will be applying for federal jobs that require background checks avoid posting links to these documents or making comments about them on social media sites such as Facebook or through Twitter.
OCS emailed this cautionary suggestion to students, as it has done many times with other information that could be helpful in seeking employment after graduation. We know that many students today share a great deal about their lives online and that employers may use that information when evaluating their candidacy. Subsequent news stories have indicated that the Department of State has issued guidelines for its own employees, but has not issued any guidelines for prospective employees.
Freedom of information and expression is a core value of our institution. Thus, SIPA's position is that students have a right to discuss and debate any information in the public arena that they deem relevant to their studies or to their roles as global citizens, and to do so without fear of adverse consequences. The WikiLeaks documents are accessible to SIPA students (and everyone else) from a wide variety of respected sources, as are multiple means of discussion and debate both in and outside of the classroom.
Should the U.S. Department of State issue any guidelines relating to the WikiLeaks documents for prospective employees, SIPA will make them available immediately.
Sincerely,
John H. Coatsworth
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The daily question, WikiLeaks apparently today released what is described as a treasure trove of infrastructure targets around the world, which of course could be damaging not only to those countries but to US interests. Why hasn't the Government just gone ahead and shut down the site? Or shut down the dissemination of his information? Why can't you do that?
Eric Holder, US Attorney General, Department of Justice
Well, let me condemn in the strongest terms the leaks of information that have come as a result of the actions that you have just reference. National security of the United States has been put at risk, the lives of people who work for the American people has been put at risk. The American people themselves have been put at risk by these actions which are, I believe, arrogant, misguided, and ultimately, not helpful in any way. We are doing everything that we can. We have a very serious, active ongoing investigation that is criminal in nature. I authorized just last week a number of things to be done so that we can hopefully get to the bottom of this and hold people accountable, as they should be.
Questioner
What are the things that can be done? And has the Government explored the ability to be able to seize the sites. Last week you were before us saying look at all the Web sites we seized and shit down. But, you can't do that in this case. What are the parameters that are limiting that? And, what are some of the actions that you did authorize to go forward?
Eric Holder, US Attorney General, Department of Justice
It is an ongoing investigation. I don't want to get into exactly what I authorized, but I can say that I personally authorized a number of things last week and I think that is an indication of the seriousness with which we take this matter and the highest level involvement in the United States Department of Justice. With regard to all the tactics that we can do or can use to ameliorate the consequences of these actions I don't want to get into those as well, but we will do everything that we can both to hold people accountable, and to minimize the harm that will befall American people.
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Mr. Attorney General, going back to WikiLeaks for a minute. Can you help us understand, going back to Jason's question for a minute, why you can't shut these sites down? Is there something within the law? Is there something missing within the law that prevents you from doing that?
Eric Holder, US Attorney general, Department of Justice
Well as I said, I don't want to get into what our capabilities are. At this point I will simply say what I have just said. We have a very serious criminal investigation that is underway, and we are looking at all the things that we can do to try to stem the flow of this information.
Questioner
Several members of Congress from both political parties have offered to produce legislation to close gaps and vague issues in the Espionage Act and elsewhere. Are you working with the Hill to do that at this point, or is that not necessary?
Eric Holder, US Attorney general, Department of Justice
Well it is certainly something that we need to look at to see exactly the Espionage Act as everyone knows is something that is pretty old. There have been subsequent Court decisions that cast some doubt on on at least some provisions in the Act, but I think people should also understand that is not the only tool that we have to use in the investigation of this matter. Now I don't what to get into specifics here but people would be have a misimpression if the only statute you think we are looking at is the Espionage Act. That is certainly something that might play a role, but there are other statutes, other tools that we have our disposal.
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In terms of the things that you authorized last week, are you talking about search warrants, FISA applications? Can you be a little more specific?
Eric Holder, US Attorney general, Department of Justice
All I would say is that there were significant things that I personally authorized. |
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WASHINGTON Bank of America entities have agreed to pay a total of $137.3 million in restitution to federal and state agencies for its participation in a conspiracy to rig bids in the municipal bond derivatives market and as a condition of its admission into the Department of Justice's Antitrust Corporate Leniency Program, the Department of Justice announced today.
Bank of America entered into agreements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC), and 20 State Attorneys General. The global resolution with these federal and state entities provides for payment of restitution to the IRS and to municipalities harmed by Bank of America's anticompetitive conduct in the municipal bond derivatives market. In a related matter, Bank of America entered into a written agreement with the Federal Reserve Board to address certain remedial measures.
According to agreements announced today, Bank of America employees engaged in illegal conduct, including bid rigging and other deceptive practices, in connection with the marketing and sale of tax-exempt municipal bond derivatives contracts.
Bank of America was the first and only entity to come forward and report its wrongdoing to the Department of Justice before the department opened its investigation into anticompetitive conduct in the municipal bond derivatives industry. The department's ongoing investigation has resulted in charges against seven executives and one corporate entity and guilty pleas by eight executives for antitrust and related federal crimes. The investigation remains active and ongoing.
'The Department of Justice's Antitrust Corporate Leniency Program is essential to our criminal enforcement of the antitrust laws,' said Christine Varney, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division. 'Bank of America's disclosure of wrongdoing and cooperation has led to an aggressive, ongoing investigation by the Department of Justice into anticompetitive activity in the municipal bond derivatives industry. The bank's participation in the leniency program has also resulted in today's resolution to address the harm caused by its wrongdoing. The Division's investigation of this matter continues and the prosecution of anticompetitive conduct in the financial markets remains our highest priority.'
As a condition of its admission into the Department of Justice's Antitrust Corporate Leniency Program, Bank of America was required to be the first entity to self report the anticompetitive conduct, acknowledge its wrongdoing, provide ongoing cooperation in the investigation and make full restitution to the victims of the conspiracy. Bank of America continues to provide significant cooperation to the federal and state enforcement officials in their ongoing parallel investigations in the municipal bond derivatives industry.
The Department of Justice's Antitrust Corporate Leniency Program is designed to deter and detect anticompetitive behavior. Through the Leniency Program, a corporation can avoid criminal conviction and fines, and individuals can avoid criminal conviction, prison terms and fines, if the corporation or individual is the first to report participation in a criminal antitrust violation and if other specified requirements of the program are met. The requirements of the program include self-reporting, acknowledgment of wrongdoing, full cooperation with the department's investigation into the conduct, and payment of restitution to victims. The requirements provide the division with critical information to conduct investigations and enforce the criminal antitrust laws.
With the agreements announced today, Bank of America has met its obligation, under the Leniency Program, to pay full restitution to the IRS and municipalities based on anticompetitive conduct identified by these federal and state agencies. The bank's agreements with the SEC, IRS, OCC and State Attorneys General represent the substantial benefits for victims that can result from the Department of Justice's Antitrust Corporate Leniency Program, and reflect Bank of America's commitment to address the harm caused by the conduct it discovered.
As a result of its voluntary disclosure of its anticompetitive conduct and its ongoing cooperation, Bank of America will not be required to pay penalties as a part of the agreements reached today. Upon successful completion of cooperation and other requirements of the Leniency Program, Bank of America and its current employees who have cooperated with the ongoing investigation will not be prosecuted by the Antitrust Division for the reported conduct. The Antitrust Division's investigation regarding other entities and individuals continues.
More information about the Department of Justice's Antitrust Corporate Leniency Program is available at: www.justice.gov/atr/public/criminal/leniency.htm.
The Antitrust Division and other agencies involved in this matter are part of the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force. President Obama established the interagency Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force to wage an aggressive, coordinated and proactive effort to investigate and prosecute financial crimes. The task force includes representatives from a broad range of federal agencies, regulatory authorities, inspectors general and state and local law enforcement who, working together, bring to bear a powerful array of criminal and civil enforcement resources. The task force is working to improve efforts across the federal executive branch, and with state and local partners, to investigate and prosecute significant financial crimes, ensure just and effective punishment for those who perpetrate financial crimes, combat discrimination in the lending and financial markets, and recover proceeds for victims of financial crimes. For more information on the task force, visit www.StopFraud.gov. |
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When the press and WikiLeaks announced that they were going to release purported State cables starting on November 28, 2010, the State Department took the following immediate actions: 1) Established a 24/7 WikiLeaks Working Group composed of senior officials from throughout the Department, notably our regional bureaus; 2) Created a group to review potential risks to individuals; and 3) Suspended SIPRNet access to NCD (SIPRNet is a DOD network).
The Department also created a Mitigation Team to address the policy, legal, security, counterintelligence, and information assurance issues presented by the release of these documents. During this period, the Department kept Congress apprised of both the international fallout caused by the WikiLeaks' disclosure and the steps undertaken to mitigate them. The Department convened two separate briefings for members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate within days (December 2, 2010) of the first disclosure by WikiLeaks and appeared twice before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (December 7 and 9, 2010). |
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7 December 2010 Having announced his intention to resist extradition to Sweden, Assange turns himself into a London police station and for the first time gets to read a detailed description in his native tongue of the accusations against him. They turn out to be false and distorted accounts of his consensual sexual encounters with Anna Ardin and Sofia Wiln. The most serious accusation is that he raped Ms. Wiln by penetrating her while she 'due to sleep, was in a helpless state'. In fact, she was sufficiently awake to converse with Assange and indicate her consent (see 16 August). At prosecutor Ny's request, Assange is jailed pending an extradition hearing. He is placed in solitary confinement with limited access to his lawyers, television, the library, telephones and the Internet.
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xxvi) 7 December 2010 Entry: 'SND did not receive any disciplinary reports or adverse spot evaluations and received an above average work and training report.' The entry also noted,'[d]uring the interview SND was courteous and well spoken and he maintained good eye contact. SNDs mood and character were consistent with his normal character.' |
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Mr. Speaker, since WikiLeaks has begun releasing American top secret information that it obtained illegally, there has been a debate about how our Nation should respond to this. I believe that the actions of WikiLeaks provide material support to our terrorist enemies, so it should be treated as a terrorist organization. Others have argued that WikiLeaks is simply a media organization and, therefore, it is protected under the First Amendment.
Well, consider for a moment the most recent statements by Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, which I believe show exactly what he isa terrorist. Assange has spread across the world an encrypted document which he claims has even more vital national secrets that he is going to release.
Assange calls this file his 'insurance' file, and he has threatened to release this information if he is captured or if he is charged with any violation of law.
Those, Mr. Speaker, are not the actions of a journalist. Those are the actions of a terrorist.
Even President Clinton recently said that lives will be lost because of the release of this information. But still, Mr. Speaker, we still have not heard anything on this issue from our current Commander in Chief, President Obama.
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Q: Any response to the arrest of the founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange?
SEC. GATES: I hadn't heard that, but that sounds like good news to me.
STAFF: Thanks, guys.
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2. The Defense requests that the Government respond to each item listed in its previous discovery requests of 29 October 2010, 15 November 2010, 8 December 2010, 10 January 2011, 19 January 2011, 16 February 2011, 13 May 2011, 13 October 2011, 15 November 2011, and 16 November 2011 and to also respond to the following additional discovery |
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111th Congress, 2D Session, H.R. 6506 |
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Q: Thank you. Yes, President Karzai has been described in a trove of secret diplomatic American cables as erratic, problematic; and by -- and described by the American ambassador as not a reliable ally. Are those assessments incorrect? And how embarrassing is this for the United States?
SECRETARY GATES: Well, I would say that the WikiLeaks and -- leak -- revelation of all of these documents is extraordinarily embarrassing for the United States. But at the end of the day, nations make -- and leaders make decisions based on their interests. And I would say that America's best partners and friends -- and I include among them President Karzai -- have responded to this, in my view, in an extraordinarily statesmanlike way. And I'm deeply grateful. And frankly, I think the American government will not forget this kind of statesmanlike response.
I think I also could say, with great confidence, President Karzai and I have been meeting together privately now for four years, and I don't think either of us would be embarrassed to have a single thing we have said to each other made public.
So this relationship will go on, because it's in our interests, and we have a shared vision for this country.
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Q As Secretary Gates indicated, U.S. and Afghan officials have both said that the training of Afghan security forces over the past year has gone better than projected. Does this mean that the government of Afghanistan could possibly take primary responsibility for its security before the end of 2014?
And President Karzai, could you explain further why you chose 2014 as a transition date? To what degree did this have any -- was this done to de-emphasize President Obama's promise to begin withdrawing U.S. forces this July?
SECRETARY: Well, first of all, I would say -- I think there's a certain misimpression that the transition to Afghan lead across the country will only take place at the end of 2014. First of all, this is a process that has already begun. The Afghan government and security forces already have the primary responsibility for security here in the Kabul area. And we expect to begin that transition, as NATO said, early next spring in other areas.
So this will be a process that spreads nationwide over time and will lead to a drawdown over that period of foreign forces in Afghanistan as the Afghans are able to take increasing lead. It will be gradual and it will be -- it will depend on the conditions on the ground.
But this is a process that will go on throughout this period, that's already begun, and that will conclude at the end of 2014. It isn't something that happens just at the end of 2014.
PRESIDENT KARZAI: (In English.) With regard to the abilities of the Afghan army and police, with regard to the training of the Afghan army, the number of soldiers that we have, the number of young officers under training and the older generation of officers, the country's doing very, very well.
Having said doing very, very well, we should not be misled by the facts today. Afghanistan would continue to require much more training, especially where we absolutely need to turn our army into an institution that can stay beyond the direct engagement of the international community, that can sustain itself as an institution, that has an officers cadre that is intellectually well equipped, that is -- that has settled down as an institution, like you have in the United States or Britain or India or, for that matter, Pakistan, as well.
Now, adding to this, of equal importance, I believe, is the equipping of the army. Right now we are equipped with vital weapons and the other day General Petraeus showed me in our regular weekly security meetings. I don't know, is that a secret, or is that supposed to be -- (laughter) -- okay -- showed me --
SECRETARY: Not anymore. (Laughs; laughter)
PRESIDENT KARZAI: Not anymore. Not anymore. Well, they shouldn't share things like that with presidents, you know. We are WikiLeaks -- we --. (Laughter.) That the Afghan army will be given thousands of armored vehicles and personnel-carrier vehicles.
Of course, for us to be a fundamentally strong country with an army that can defend itself and that can be an ally with you in the United States, we would require much more: a proper air power, proper mobility of our forces and an equipment that will be good enough to sustain our country as far as security is concerned.
On the 2014 date, this wasn't designed to preempt any other date. This was talked of as being the proper date by which we would have trained ourselves and equipped ourselves; proper enough so to take on the responsibility for securing our country.
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Q: (Through translator.) From Bakhtar TV, my question is to Mr. Secretary.
You have -- you said the fight will be tough ahead and the next years you'll be fighting a tough war. But you said -- you've made progress, but you said difficult days are lying ahead, and after 2014, when the war would be tough, while Afghans wouldn't be ready by then completely, it's believed. Do you think that the Afghan forces would be able to reach that level of providing for its own capacity to stop any of those threats that could turn out to be a threat against the U.S.?
And Mr. President, in the WikiLeaks it's been said that as your chief of staff has admitted and has acknowledged receiving bags of cash from Iran, and they might have influenced even the parliament to change their subject of discussions as well.
SECRETARY: Well, first of all, I think that we have to understand that the future here is not just about military operations. It's about economic development, and it's about political reconciliation, at the end of the day.
We think, based on the progress that's been made over the past year, that the Afghan security forces are making extraordinary strides. And it's not just in the added numbers, but it's in the increased quality of our partners that we gain increased confidence.
As President Karzai said, over the next several years we need to work together in terms of properly equipping the Afghan forces so they will be able to sustain themselves. But I think -- I think the important thing -- first of all, I think we're -- we believe that the security situation will be improved to the extent that in 2014 the Afghan security forces will be able to have the lead, as they do here in Kabul, across the entire country.
I made reference in my prepared remarks to the 'vision 2015' agreement that we're working on. The United States intends to continue to be a partner and ally of Afghanistan beyond 2014. We expect the same kind of normal security relationship that we have with many countries in terms of providing training and in terms of equipping and so on. So the United States is -- while we will draw down our security forces over the years to come, we intend to be here and be a long-term friend and ally to this country.
PRESIDENT KARZAI: I didn't understand your question very well on -- (inaudible) -- contributions or cash. After Mr. Daudzai I admitted there were other reports that -- without the cash that your office admitted. There were other also cash assistance from Iran trying to influence the agenda -- the overall agenda in Afghanistan, including that in the parliament to raise subjects of and to -- (inaudible) -- subjects.
So it is -- is that -- are you talking about the other money that we said we had received? Okay. I don't think Mr. Daudzai, my chief of staff, has said anything like that. This is not true. There's no truth in this. Because Iran, as we said, once a year and recently twice a year, made some cash assistance. And no extra cash was made. If there was made any, we would certainly let you know. But no, it was just that.
And on the reports or your question about their assistance to the Afghan parliament, we have no official confirmation of such reports, I believe. And we treat them as rumors, and there is nothing -- no truth about whatever they have done to the president's office. |
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Questioner
You mentioned that cyber security was discussed. On the subject of WikiLeaks what discussions did you have, and specifically the Attorney General, what type of pressure have you applied on companies such as Mastercard and Paypal in terms of trying to suspend accounts?
Eric Holder, US Attorney General, Department of Justice
I am not going to talk about the ongoing investigation that I have described I guess over the course of the last week or so, other than to say again that we have an active ongoing serious investigation of that matter. We had, I think, informal conversations about the WikiLeaks matter. The concern that it has raised in the minds of all of us. And, the hope here in the United States is that the investigation that we are conducting will allow us to hold accountable the people responsible for that unwarranted disclosure of information that has put at risk the safety of the American people and people who work on behalf of the United States.
Questioner
[MISSED] any of these companies? Paypal was saying yesterday that it had received letters from the administration?
Eric Holder, US Attorney General, Department of Justice
I am not going to comment on any of the investigative steps that we have taken.
Questioner
Related to that, as part of this Operation Payback that some are calling a cyberwar with computer intrusions into Paypal, attacks against Amazon.com and other sites, have you directed the FBI to look at these incidents and is there any investigation into...?
Eric Holder, US Attorney General, Department of Justice
We are aware of the incidents that you have described and we are simply say that we are looking into it.
Questioner
Do you believe that you have identified all the people who are responsible for giving WikiLeaks the latest stash of documents?
Eric Holder, US Attorney General, Department of Justice
The investigation is ongoing.
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Mr. Attorney General did you and your colleagues in your meetings today reach any agreement about uniform approach on WikiLeaks?
Eric Holder, US Attorney General, Department of Justice
I was going to say that we didn't talk about WikiLeaks in any formal way.
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Do you have...have certain countries been the focal point of the WikiLeaks research or investigation...like Iceland...with connections that Iceland has to WikiLeaks?
Eric Holder, US Attorney General, Department of Justice
As I indicated before I really don't want to go into any specifics of the ongoing investigation.
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Reports are suggesting that the next release of documents from WikiLeaks could be confidential threat assessments of detainees at Guantanamo. Are you concerned that sources and methods information may come out as a result of that and also are you concerned there could be some additional questions from the Hill and elsewhere regarding whether some detainees who have been release have gone back into the battlefield and become recidivists?
Eric Holder, US Attorney General, Department of Justice
I am concerned about, I think we are all concerned about certainly the United States Government concerned about the nature of the release, as I have indicated...I think that the release of this information has put at risk American National Security, and whatever is to come I think we will not in any way...will be consistent with the concerns that I have expressed. |
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Address maybe the...someone had suggested maybe the response by those who support WikiLeaks to attack Amazon and other companies...is basically a cyberwar...between the two sides...that is proliferating across boundaries and what you all are doing at DHS, since cyber issues are in your purview, to address that or mitigate that?
Janet Napolitano, Secretary Department of Homeland Security
I think the Attorney General has always said that he doesn't want to comment on any ongoing investigations or activities with respect to WikiLeaks. All I will say is with respect to the protection of the private sector we are working or do work very closely with him on variety of matters, involving cyber, cyberattacks, cyber intrusions and the like. I think your question raises the importance of cyber. That is why, our discussions with the EU today were to follow up the the agreement made by our leaders in Lisbon two weeks ago: to formulate a US EU Cyber Working Group and to really focus on issues about intrusions into critical infrastructure, into financial markets and into other areas that are cyber dependent. So, that Working Group has already begun, and I think we will see some important measure that will come out of that that will be between the United States and the EU. |
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...aware that US authorities are trying to get their hands on Julian Assange and your Government is trying to get its Government on Julian Assange?
Cecilia Malmstrom EU Commissioner
Ah, the Swedish Judicial Apparatus is totally independent and doesn't take any order from my...Swedish politicians or Americans authorities. And the crimes he is accused of, if he is being sent to Sweden will be processed accordingly. So, I have absolutely no comments to that. I am not part of the Swedish Government, I am commissioner of the European Union based in Belgium. |
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She also highlighted the United States and the European Union ongoing, coordinated efforts to protect vital cyber networks from attacks through the U.S.-EU Cyber Working Groupformalized by President Obama in the Nov. 20 U.S.-EU Summit Declarationwhich facilitates the continued sharing of cybersecurity best practices and security standards and enhances collaboration on public-private partnerships; cyber incident management; public awareness; and combating cyber crime. |
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Commanders in the field understand the advantage that comes from sharing intelligence and information and they do not want to give up that capability, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber and space policy said in an interview here today.
Robert J. Butler said sharing information within the military, with coalition partners and even with outside agencies will continue, but there will be more controls placed on the information.
The WikiLeaks posting of stolen classified information has highlighted the tension between the strategy of 'share to win' and the necessity to enforce 'need to know.'
Share to win refers to the idea of getting information and intelligence out to the personnel who need it.
'Commanders in the field recognize ... it's really about coalition war-fighting, and it's about sharing information with partners,' Butler said. This is true whether the military is involved in humanitarian operations or warfighting.
Sharing information can range from the intelligence and information sharing the United States has with traditional military allies to non-governmental agencies.
'They are part of the fight, they are part of the recipe for success,' Butler said.
Need to know is the shorthand for how the department thinks about security, Butler said. 'It's about how information is shared, who has the information, for what purposes and for what period of time,' he said.
Butler does not see share to win and need to know as mutually exclusive. 'We need to share information to win and we also have to be conscious of the need to know,' he said.
Afghanistan is an example of both concepts. There are 48 countries in the coalition under NATO's International Security Assistance Force. The United States has the largest number of troops in the country and the largest intelligence/information-sharing network. 'We share information at different levels, based on the need,' Butler said.
Information sharing networks range from local to national in Afghanistan, he said. All are governed by policies that seek to balance share to win with need to know.
'Based on our agreements with countries and their mechanisms for how they control information, we look for ways we can bridge accountability within their workforce and commanders with what we're doing,' Butler said. 'In Afghanistan, where we have a joint task force and we're working on common objectives, it's clear what information needs are. Those needs are transmitted down to subordinate units and those will include coalition partners with information requirements that need to be satisfied.'
'We need to link the effects we want to achieve with an information-sharing approach,' he added.
The future will be more of the same, Butler said. 'What I see happening is an absolute recognition that we have to share information, and at the same time recognizing an increasing challenge from the cyber threat,' he said.
DOD is taking near-term steps to address that threat. Some of those steps include examining the content on the networks and examining the tactics, techniques and procedures used. 'A broader and longer-term perspective is an education program - one that helps them understand what classification means, how information is classified,' he said. 'Beyond the classification scheme, who has access to information?'
Butler also spoke about role-based access.
'You have this position, you have this mission, and we expect your access to stay open through this time,' he said. 'There are re-visit decision points and there is accountability up the chain [of command].'
'There are also ways to look for anomalies,' Butler continued, 'so if something happens and we expect this individual to have access to this information and that person is looking at something else, that should set off a flag to look at the situation. There may be a perfectly valid reason for the anomaly. But it could be another WikiLeaks situation.'
DOD is closing the window against potential threats and potential adversaries, Butler said, through technical retro-fitting, and through educational and accountability programs.
'This is part and parcel of what it means to be a soldiers, sailor, airman or Marine in the field protecting yourself, your comrades and your entire operation,' he said. |
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Teenager held over WikiLeaks assaults |
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Financial Times |
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Mr. Speaker, WikiLeaks' release of classified information has generated a lot of attention worldwide in the past few weeks. The hysterical reaction makes one wonder if this is not an example of killing the messenger for the bad news.
Despite what is claimed, information so far released, though classified, has caused no known harm to any individual but it has caused plenty of embarrassment to our government. Losing a grip on our empire is not welcomed by the neoconservatives in charge.
There is now more information confirming that Saudi Arabia is a principal supporter and financier of al Qaeda, and this should set off alarm bills since we guarantee its sharia-run government. This emphasizes even more the fact that no al Qaeda existed in Iraq before 9/11, and yet we went to war against Iraq based on the lie that it did.
It has been discharged by self-proclaimed experts that Julian Assange, the Internet publisher of this information, has committed a heinous crime, deserving prosecution for treason, and execution or even assassination.
But should we not at least ask how the U.S. Government can charge an Australian citizen with treason for publishing U.S. secret information that he did not steal? And if WikiLeaks is to be prosecuted for publishing classified documents, why shouldn't the Washington Post, the New York Times, and others that have also published these documents be prosecuted? Actually, some in Congress are threatening this as well.
The New York Times, as a result of a Supreme Court ruling, was not found guilty in 1971 for the publication of the Pentagon Papers. Daniel Ellsberg never served a day in prison for his role in obtaining these secret documents.
The Pentagon Papers were also inserted into the Congressional Record by Senator Mike Gravel with no charges being made of breaking any national security laws. Yet the release of this classified information was considered illegal by many, and those who lied us into the Vietnam War and argued for its prolongation were outraged. But the truth gained from the Pentagon Papers revealed that lies were told about the Gulf of Tonkin attack, which perpetuated a sad and tragic episode in our history.
Just as with the Vietnam War, the Iraq war was based on lies. We were never threatened by weapons of mass destruction or al Qaeda in Iraq, though the attack on Iraq was based on this false information.
Any information that challenges the official propaganda for the war in the Middle East is unwelcome by the administration and supporters of these unnecessary wars.
Few are interested in understanding the relationship of our foreign policy and our presence in the Middle East to the threat of terrorism. Revealing the real nature and goal of our presence in so many Muslim countries is a threat to our empire, and any revelation of this truth is highly resented by those in charge.
Questions to consider:
No. 1, do the American people deserve to know the truth regarding the ongoing war in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Yemen?
No. 2, could a larger question be how could an Army private gain access to so much secret information?
No. 3, why is the hostility mostly directed at Assange, the publisher, and not our government's failure to protect classified information?
No. 4, are we getting our money's worth from the $80 billion per year we spend on intelligence gathering?
No. 5, which has resulted in the greatest number of deaths: Lying us into war or WikiLeaks' revelations or the release of the Pentagon Papers?
If Assange can be convicted of a crime for publishing information that he did not steal, what does this say about the future of the First Amendment and the independence of the Internet?
No. 7, could it be that the real reason for the near universal attacks on WikiLeaks is more about secretly maintaining a seriously flawed foreign policy of empire than it is about national security?
No. 8, is there not a huge difference between releasing secret information to help the enemy in a time of declared war, which is treason, and the releasing of information to expose our government lies that promote secret wars, death, and corruption.
No. 9, was it not once considered patriotic to stand up to our government when it's wrong?
Thomas Jefferson had it right when he advised, 'Let the eye of vigilance never be closed.' |
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...The deplorable WikiLeaks disclosures put innocent lives at risk and damage US national security interests. And to what purpose?
WikiLeaks styles itself a whistleblowing organization. This is not whistleblowing. There is nothing laudable about endangering innocent people. There is nothing brave about sabotaging the peaceful relations between nations on which our common security depends.
But it is central to diplomacy, and this breach in confidentiality even if it did not come from the state department shows a disregard for the wellbeing of countless individuals.
Who are these individuals? They are human rights activists, journalists, faith leaders and civil society representatives. They are politicians, government officials, candidates for office, community leaders and volunteers. They are academics, think tank representatives, students. They are business leaders, inventors, scientists. In fact they are people from every walk of life around the world who engage with US diplomats in good faith every day.
Our diplomats use these encounters to observe and gauge developments abroad, and present and defend the US view, all the while looking for common ground on difficult issues. Their frank assessments of people, policies and action the raw material of diplomacy inform the policies decided by the president and the secretary of state. Nothing, even in an age of Wikipedia and global news, can replace informed observers reporting from the field.
WikiLeaks seems indifferent to the damage it has caused to these relationships. We cannot be so sanguine. There is too much work that needs to be done for us to be sidetracked. Reinvigorating America's relationships around the world has been a top priority of president Obama and secretary Clinton. That will not change. We will not alter our commitment to working with our friends and allies on building a more peaceful and prosperous world.
A world in which diplomats cannot operate with discretion and trust is a more dangerous world for all of us. We are improving our systems to protect the confidential information that is essential to US diplomacy. We will hold accountable those who are responsible for the compromise that led to these disclosures.
And as US diplomats work on the many pressing issues before us, central to those efforts will be our uniquely productive, close and strong relationship with the UK. I appreciate the support given us by prime minister Cameron, his government, the diplomatic community and others. The prime minister says these reckless disclosures have not changed the 'fundamentals' of the special relationship. I couldn't agree more. |
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However, shortly after stories about the cables first began to appear in the media, State Department officials were already privately playing down the damage, the two congressional officials said. |
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November 2010
When the press and WikiLeaks announced that they were going to release purported State cables starting on November 28, 2010, the State Department took the following immediate actions: 1) Established a 24/7 WikiLeaks Working Group composed of senior officials from throughout the Department, notably our regional bureaus; 2) Created a group to review potential risks to individuals; and 3) Suspended SIPRNet access to NCD (SIPRNet is a DOD network).
The Department also created a Mitigation Team to address the policy, legal, security, counterintelligence, and information assurance issues presented by the release of these documents. During this period, the Department kept Congress apprised of both the international fallout caused by the WikiLeaks' disclosure and the steps undertaken to mitigate them. The Department convened two separate briefings for members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate within days (December 2, 2010) of the first disclosure by WikiLeaks and appeared twice before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (December 7 and 9, 2010). |
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We note that some agencies have also been asked to respond to an NCIX 'Request for Information on Classified Networks and Systems' dated December 10,2010, in support of National Security Staff tasking. We wish to distinguish that request from the requirements of this memorandum. |
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Robert Bryant, William Bosanko |
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National Counterintelligence Executive (ONCIX), Director of the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) |
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Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive, ONCIX, NCIX, Information Security Oversight Office, ISOO |
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xxvii) 14 December 2010 Entry: 'SND was evaluated by the Brig Psychiatrist on 10 December 2010 and recommended to remain on POI. (The Brig noted that this was the first time since 27 August 2010 that Capt Hocter recommended PFC Manning remain on POI. His main criteria was that it seemed PFC Manning was not doing well). SND has not presented any problems since his last review and has been an overall average detainee.' |
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Unidentified |
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Marine Corps Base Quantico Brig |
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United States v. Pfc. Bradley Manning, Unlawful Pretrial Confinement, Article 13 |
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The only exception to this was on December 10, 2010 when it was recommended that PFC Manning remain under POI watch for one week. The following week, the forensic psychiatrist once again recommended that PFC Manning be removed from POI watch. Despite these consistent recommendations, PFC Manning has remained on POI watch and in MAX custody. |
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David Coombs |
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civilian defense counsel |
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Over the course of the following three months, Capt. Hocter and the Brig forensic psychiatrist, COL Ricky Malone, consistently recommended to CWO4 Averhart that I be taken off POI watch. The only exception to this was on 10 December 2010 when Capt. Hocter recommended that I remain under POI watch for one week. The following week, he once again recommended to CWO4 Averhart that I be removed from POI watch. Despite Capt. Hocter and COL Malone's consistent recommendations, I remained on POI watch and in MAX custody.
[...]
The suicide risk means that I sit in my cell for 24 hours a day. I am stripped of all clothing with the exception of my underwear. My prescription eyeglasses are taken away from me. I am forced to sit in essential blindness with the exception of the times that I am reading or given limited television privileges. During those times, my glasses are returned to me. Additionally, there is a guard sitting outside my cell watching me at all times. |
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Bradley Manning |
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United States v. Pfc. Bradley Manning, Unlawful Pretrial Confinement, Article 13 |
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Q: Mr. Secretary, on Yemen, is there anything that you are asking some of the countries in the region to do? Is it funding? Is it training? And what more can -- specifically can the U.S. do there other than just spend more money?
SEC. GATES: Well, I think that as in -- and I kind of hinted at this at the embassy yesterday in Kabul, the key is getting in there before there's a crisis with economic assistance, with building partnership capacity. And I think that both the UAE and Oman are engaged in these activities, these development projects. Other countries are as well. The United States has some efforts ongoing in this respect, particularly in building partnership capacity. So I think it's that kind of thing. And I actually think that there are a number of countries that are trying to help.
MR. GEOFF MORRELL (Pentagon Press Secretary): We have time for one or two more.
Q: WikiLeaks -- now that WikiLeaks has come out with -- has made public some of the U.S. military action there, can you be more open and do you feel freer rein to do more of that now that it's out in the open?
SEC. GATES: Well, I never talk about military operations. I think we can be very open about the economic assistance and development work that we're doing there.
(Cross talk.)
MR. MORRELL: The last two.
Q: There was this Taliban impostor incident and then occasionally we've heard --
SEC. GATES: Sorry?
Q: There was this whole incident with the Taliban impostor came to -- and also there's so much speculation and discussion -- sorry -- about reconciliation and the state of it. Is there a danger that the U.S. or the Afghan government will look too eager for peace talks or some kind of reconciliation talks? And second of all, does that impostor incident suggest a problem generally that's been pointed out before that our intelligence picture is flawed, that we don't really understand what we need to understand about Afghanistan?
SEC. GATES: Well, I think we have a pretty good idea. It's not perfect by any means. I actually think that being open about reconciliation is different than looking eager. And as long as we have agreed criteria for what reconciliation means and stick to those criteria, I'm not worried about looking too eager. |
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Secretary of Defense |
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President Barack Obama told Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Mexican President Felipe Calderon in phone calls on Saturday that WikiLeaks' actions were 'deplorable' and the leaders agreed it would not hurt ties with Washington, the White House said. |
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Barack Obama |
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President of the United States |
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WikiLeaks tweets Symposium on Wikileaks and Internet Freedom (live) | http://is.gd/iyX2w |
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Financial Times |
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The Executive Director |
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Q: What's your goal for tomorrow in Pakistan?
ADM. MULLEN: Well, sustain you know, continued engagement. Certainly address continue to address the difficult you know, the difficult issues that we have. Also, listen to kind of get a, you know, an update certainly from them on how they see the world, specifically I mean, see us and where we are, overall, in the overall campaign, if you will, the region. And I mean that's it's more just the constancy of engagement than anything else and as many times as I've visited there's always something new. I mean, or an update.
Q: Is that going to cause you problems? WikiLeaks?
ADM. MULLEN: I don't know. I don't know. You mean tomorrow?
Q: Yeah. I mean, in terms there's been stories that some of the cooperation that has been going on, for example, with special forces because these things were talked about openly that it's going to make that backtrack?
ADM. MULLEN: I hope to have a discussion excuse me, part of my discussion certainly will be an update on the challenges that we have and I wouldn't be surprised if WikiLeaks were in there but I have that's part of why I go. It's one thing to have everybody talk about it publicly but I'm anxious
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ADM. MULLEN: No, no, no. I'm just anxious to hear from him. I haven't talked to him since then so we'll do that. |
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Mike Mullen |
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Chair |
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Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense |
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Teenager held over WikiLeaks assaults |
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Tim Bradshaw, Joseph Menn |
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Financial Times |
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"EU-US, Banking Blockade, PayPal |
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But he will remain in prison pending an appeal against the bail decision lodged by Swedish prosecutors
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Mr Assange was granted bail on condition he provides a security of 200,000 to the court, with a further 40,000 guaranteed in two sureties of 20,000 each.
Mr Stephens said almost half the bail money had been raised and he was confident they would have all the cash before the appeal hearing. |
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xxvii) 14 December 2010 Entry: 'SND was evaluated by the Brig Psychiatrist on 10 December 2010 and recommended to remain on POI. (The Brig noted that this was the first time since 27 August 2010 that Capt Hocter recommended PFC Manning remain on POI. His main criteria was that it seemed PFC Manning was not doing well). SND has not presented any problems since his last review and has been an overall average detainee' |
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Marine Corps Base Quantico Brig |
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As a final thought on intelligence, however, the recent WikiLeaks scandal has shown us what damage the Internet can do to our diplomatic efforts as well as the safety of those in dangerous places with whom we have worked. The even greater threat we see is the continuing cyber attack on military intelligence and private sector critical infrastructure. With my colleague from Utah, Orrin Hatch, we have introduced a cyber security bill which will establish a cyber defense alliance to allow private sector entities to cooperate with government agencies to protect our critical financial systems, our utilities and, most of all, our communications systems from attack. The battle is underway, and we will need every effort to stay ahead of the developing attacks as well as helping the private sector protect their information. |
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Kit Bond R-MO |
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Vice Chairman of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence |
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United States Senate |
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Kit Bond, US Senator from Missouri |
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LittleSis |
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According to people familiar with the grand jury's proceedings, the Department of Justice prosecutor in charge of the case is Tracy McCormick of the Eastern District of Virginia, whose background is in prosecuting child molester cases. This likely due to the fact that such cases usually involve computer forensics, and gives an indication that the government's case against Manning will likely come down to what they can find on Manning's hard drive. |
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Jane Hamsher |
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FDL, Firedog Lake |
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Twitter 2703(d), 2703(d) Orders, Grand Jury |
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Twitter has declined to comment on the original subpoena order and the company's fight to get it unsealed. What we do know is that it was faxed to Twitter on December 14. On January 5, the same magistrate who signed the first order, signed a new one, ordering the first to be unsealed. And on January 7, Twitter sent notifications to at least several of the holders of the accounts listed on the subpoena order, telling them the company would respond to the request in 10 days, unless 'we receive notice from you that a motion to quash the legal process has been filed or that this matter has been otherwise resolved.'
It's reasonable to assume that Macgillivray is the person who either led or played a significant role in the thinking that resulted in the decision to challenge the secrecy aspect of the order. |
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E.B. Boyd |
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Fast Company |
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What hasn't been reported is that the Subpoena served on Twitter which is actually an Order from a federal court that the DOJ requested seeks the same information for numerous other individuals currently or formerly associated with WikiLeaks, including Jacob Appelbaum, Rop Gonggrijp, and Julian Assange. It also seeks the same information for Bradley Manning and for WikiLeaks' Twitter account.
[...]
The Order was signed by a federal Magistrate Judge in the Eastern District of Virginia, Theresa Buchanan, and served on Twitter by the DOJ division for that district. |
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Glenn Greenwald |
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Salon |
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Twitter 2703(d), 2703(d) Orders, Grand Jury |
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Fax Cover Sheet
U.S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney
Eastern District of Virginia
Justice W. Williams United States Attorney's Building
2100 Jamieson Avenue
Alexandria, Virginia 22314-5794
(703) 299-3700
Date: 12/14/10
To: Twitter Attn: Trust & Safety
Phone:
To Fax No: (415) 222-9958
Sender: Vivian Ha, Assistant to Tracy McCormick
Sender's Phone No: (703) 299 - 3859
Sender's Fax No: (703) 299 - 3981
Number of Pages: 4 *Not Including Cover Page*
Level of Transmission:
Limited Official Use (LOU)
United States District Court For the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division
IN RE APPLICATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR AN ORDER PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. 2703(d)
MISC No. 10GJ3793
Filed Under Seal
ORDER
This matter having come before the Court pursuant to an application under Title 18,. United States Code, Section 2703, which application requests the issuance of an order under Title 18, United States Code, Section 2703(d) directing Twitter, Inc., an electronic communications service provider and/or a remote computing service, located in San Francisco, California, to disclose certain records and other information, as set forth in Attachment A to this Order, the Court finds that the applicant has offered specific and articulable facts showing that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the records or ether information sought are relevant and material to an ongoing criminal investigation.
IT APPEARING that the information sought is relevant and material to an ongoing criminal investigation, and that prior notice of this Order to any person of this investigation or this application and Order entered in connection therewith would seriously jeopardize the investigation;
IT IS ORDERED pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 2703(d) that Twitter,Inc. will, within three days of the date of this Order, turn over to the United States the records and other information as set forth in Attachment A to this Order.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall provide the United States Attorney's office with three (3) certified copied of this application and Order.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the application and this Order are sealed until otherwise ordered by the Court, and that Twitter shall not disclose the existence of the application or this Order, or the existence of the investigation, to the listed subscriber or to any other person, unless and until authorized to do so by the Court.
[Signed By] Tracy Buchanan
United States Magistrate Judge
12/14/10
[SIGNED BY INDECIPHERABLE]
Deputy Clerk
Attachment A
You are to provide the following information, if available, preferably as data files on CD-ROM, electronic media, or email (tracy.mccormick@usdoj.gov) or otherwise by facsimile to 703-299-3981:
A. The following customers or subscriber account information for each account registered to or associated with WikiLeaks; rop_g; ioerror; brigittaj; Julian Assange; Bradley Manning; Rop Gongrijp [sic]; Birgitta Jonsdottir for the time period November 1, 2009 to present:
1. subscriber names, under names, screen names, or other identities;
2. mailing addresses, residential addresses, business addresses, e-mail addresses, and other contact information;
3. connection records, or records of session times and durations;
4. length of service (including start date) and types of service utilized;
5. telephone or instrument number or other subscriber number or identity, including any temporary assigned network address; and
6. means and sources of payment for such (including any credit card or bank account number) and billing records.B. All records and other information relating to the account(s) and time period in Part A, including:
1. records of user activity for any connection made to and from the Account, including the date, time, length, and method of connections, data transfer volume, user name, and source and destination Internet Protocol address(es);
2. non-content information associated with the content of any communication or file stored by or for the account(s); such as the source and destination email addresses and IP addresses.
3. correspondence and notes of records related to the account(s). |
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Theresa Buchanan |
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United States Magistrate Judge |
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia |
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Twitter 2703(d), 2703(d) Orders, Grand Jury |
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US DOJ wants my twitter account info |
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Rop Gonggrijp |
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"Twitter 2703(d), 2703(d) Orders, Grand Jury |
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In Re Application of the United States of America for an Order Pursuant to 18 USC Section 2703(d), MISC. NO. 10GJ3793, Filed Under Seal, Order |
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Theresa Buchanan |
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United States Magistrate Judge |
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia |
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"Twitter 2703(d), 2703(d) Orders, Grand Jury |
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WikiLeaks tweets US pressured UK to take action over Iranian banks | http://is.gd/iHFaQ |
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WikiLeaks tweets Julian Assange tops readers poll for Time Magazine Person on the Year | http://is.gd/iHEJl |
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A congressional official briefed on the reviews said the administration felt compelled to say publicly that the revelations had seriously damaged American interests in order to bolster legal efforts to shut down the WikiLeaks website and bring charges against the leakers...'
'I think they just want to present the toughest front they can muster,' the official said...
But State Department officials have privately told Congress they expect overall damage to U.S. foreign policy to be containable, said the official, one of two congressional aides familiar with the briefings who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity...
'We were told (the impact of WikiLeaks revelations) was embarrassing but not damaging, said the official, who attended a briefing given in late 2010 by State Department officials...
'From our standpoint, there has been substantial damage...We believe that hundreds of people have been put at potential risk because their names have been compromised in the release of these cables,'State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told Reuters.
A spokeswoman for the office of Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, which oversees all U.S. intelligence agencies, said, 'The irresponsible and reckless behavior of WikiLeaks has of course caused damage and will continue to be damaging in the months and years to come.'
But current and former intelligence officials note that while WikiLeaks has released a handful of inconsequential CIA analytical reports, the website has made public few if any real intelligence secrets, including reports from undercover agents or ultra-sensitive technical intelligence reports, such as spy satellite pictures or communications intercepts.' |
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Reuters |
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Cablegate |
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Banking Blockade |
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WikiLeaks |
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"Banking Blockade |
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-R) |
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United States Representative |
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House Foreign Affairs Committee, United States House of Representatives |
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, US Representative from Florida |
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LittleSis |
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Bradley Manning, the 22-year-old U.S. Army Private accused of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, has never been convicted of that crime, nor of any other crime. Despite that, he has been detained at the U.S. Marine brig in Quantico, Virginia for five months and for two months before that in a military jail in Kuwait under conditions that constitute cruel and inhumane treatment and, by the standards of many nations, even torture. Interviews with several people directly familiar with the conditions of Manning's detention, ultimately including a Quantico brig official (Lt. Brian Villiard) who confirmed much of what they conveyed, establishes that the accused leaker is subjected to detention conditions likely to create long-term psychological injuries.
[...]
From the beginning of his detention, Manning has been held in intensive solitary confinement. For 23 out of 24 hours every day for seven straight months and counting he sits completely alone in his cell. Even inside his cell, his activities are heavily restricted; he's barred even from exercising and is under constant surveillance to enforce those restrictions. For reasons that appear completely punitive, he's being denied many of the most basic attributes of civilized imprisonment, including even a pillow or sheets for his bed (he is not and never has been on suicide watch). For the one hour per day when he is freed from this isolation, he is barred from accessing any news or current events programs. Lt. Villiard protested that the conditions are not 'like jail movies where someone gets thrown into the hole,' but confirmed that he is in solitary confinement, entirely alone in his cell except for the one hour per day he is taken out.
[...]
In sum, Manning has been subjected for many months without pause to inhumane, personality-erasing, soul-destroying, insanity-inducing conditions of isolation similar to those perfected at America's Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado: all without so much as having been convicted of anything. And as is true of many prisoners subjected to warped treatment of this sort, the brig's medical personnel now administer regular doses of anti-depressants to Manning to prevent his brain from snapping from the effects of this isolation.
[...]
UPDATE: I was contacted by Lt. Villiard, who claims there is one factual inaccuracy in what I wrote: specifically, he claims that Manning is not restricted from accessing news or current events during the prescribed time he is permitted to watch television. That is squarely inconsistent with reports from those with first-hand knowledge of Manning's detention, but it's a fairly minor dispute in the scheme of things. |
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Glenn Greenwald |
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Journalist |
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Salon |
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Concerning: |
United States v. Pfc. Bradley Manning, Unlawful Pretrial Confinement, Article 13 |
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WikiLeaks tweets Columbia Journalism Faculty call for Government to recognise Wikileaks' First Amendment Rights | http://is.gd/iLkqS |
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WikiLeaks tweets U.S. Air Force bans troops from reading The New York Times | http://is.gd/iNKMo |
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WikiLeaks tweets For all U.S. troops: you can still access 2000 mirrors | http://is.gd/iNL7c |
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Banking Blockade |
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WikiLeaks |
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"Banking Blockade |
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Q Any reaction from any of you to Julian Assange being granted bail in England?
MR. GIBBS: I'm not going to let anybody let me take that one. (Laughter.) Bill. |
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Robert Gibbs |
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Press Secretary |
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Office of the Press Secretary, White House |
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WikiLeaks Release of Classified Documents, Dec 16, 2010, Heritage Foundation with Former Assistant Deputy Secretary of Defense on Detainee Affairs Cully Stimson and former Deputy Assistant for Homeland Security Paul Rosenzweig |
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C-SPAN |
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16 December 2010 Assange wins an appeal to be released from confinement while waiting for the February hearing. But the conditions imposed are unusually restrictive: Assange must observe a 10:00 p.m. curfew, report to a local police station every day and constantly wear an electronic ankle bracelet |
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Nordic News Network |
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Sweden versus Assange |
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ESPIONAGE ACT/WIKILEAKS
Committee on the Judiciary: Held a hearing on the Espionage Act and the Legal and Constitutional Issues Raised by WikiLeaks. Testimony was heard from public witnesses |
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United States Government Printing Office |
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Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on the Espionage Act and the Legal and Constitutional Issues Raised by WikiLeaks, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn. |
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United State Government Printing Office |
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Espionage Act and the Legal and Constitutional Issues Rasied by WikiLeaks, Hearing before the Commitee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, 111th Congress, 2nd Session |
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United States Government Printing Office |
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WikiLeaks, The Espionage Act, And The Constitution, Dec 16, 2010 |
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Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives |
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WikiLeaks tweets Honduras: cable predicted 'difficult' year for Zelaya one year before coup | http://is.gd/iPRer |
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Madam President, this treaty will ensure that we continue to build upon our close relationship with Russia as well--not an insignificant issue--in preventing the spread of dangerous nuclear weapons and creating a more stable and secure world at a time when we would all acknowledge it is becoming less and less so, as we have all painfully seen, even in things like the most recent WikiLeaks situation that occurred on cable traffic. |
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Chris Dodd CT-D |
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United States Senator |
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United States Senate |
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Chris Dodd, President & CEO of MPAA; former US Senator from CT |
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LittleSis |
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xxvii) 14 December 2010 Entry: 'SND was evaluated by the Brig Psychiatrist on 10 December 2010 and recommended to remain on POI. (The Brig noted that this was the first time since 27 August 2010 that Capt Hocter recommended PFC Manning remain on POI. His main criteria was that it seemed PFC Manning was not doing well). SND has not presented any problems since his last review and has been an overall average detainee' |
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Unidentified |
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Marine Corps Base Quantico Brig |
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United States v. Pfc. Bradley Manning, Unlawful Pretrial Confinement, Article 13 |
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The only exception to this was on December 10, 2010 when it was recommended that PFC Manning remain under POI watch for one week. The following week, the forensic psychiatrist once again recommended that PFC Manning be removed from POI watch. Despite these consistent recommendations, PFC Manning has remained on POI watch and in MAX custody. |
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David Coombs |
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civilian defense counsel |
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Over the course of the following three months, Capt. Hocter and the Brig forensic psychiatrist, COL Ricky Malone, consistently recommended to CWO4 Averhart that I be taken off POI watch. The only exception to this was on 10 December 2010 when Capt. Hocter recommended that I remain under POI watch for one week. The following week, he once again recommended to CWO4 Averhart that I be removed from POI watch. Despite Capt. Hocter and COL Malone's consistent recommendations, I remained on POI watch and in MAX custody.
[...]
The suicide risk means that I sit in my cell for 24 hours a day. I am stripped of all clothing with the exception of my underwear. My prescription eyeglasses are taken away from me. I am forced to sit in essential blindness with the exception of the times that I am reading or given limited television privileges. During those times, my glasses are returned to me. Additionally, there is a guard sitting outside my cell watching me at all times. |
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Bradley Manning |
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Concerning: |
United States v. Pfc. Bradley Manning, Unlawful Pretrial Confinement, Article 13 |
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WikiLeaks tweets Help Julian: 'FSI - Julian Assange Defence Fund' Sort code 20-77-67, account number 93842452. Terms: http://ur1.ca/2lr9t |
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"WikiLeaks Tweet |
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WikiLeaks tweets Open letter to Obama - HRW on Wikileaks | http://is.gd/iUAsd |
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WikiLeaks tweets It's Bradley Manning's birthday. Have the courage to resist - PLEASE SUPPORT. http://bit.ly/bdefDh |
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Banking Blockade |
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WikiLeaks |
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"Banking Blockade |
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Then, on Dec. 18, Bank of America may have antagonized Mr. Assange further when it said it would join other companies like MasterCard and PayPal in halting the processing of payments intended for WikiLeaks, citing the possibility the organization's activities might be illegal. |
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Nelson Schwartz |
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Reporter |
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New York Times |
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WikiLeaks tweets Reporters Without Borders shares concerns of US prosecuting WikiLeaks' staff. http://bit.ly/hyT2bh |
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WikiLeaks tweets KEEP US STRONG donate to the defence fund. http://bit.ly/gXJXK7 |
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WikiLeaks tweets US congressional hearing on Wikileaks (3h video) | http://is.gd/iVXa3 |
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WikiLeaks tweets Bank of America bans ALL transactions to WikiLeaks http://is.gd/iW0Jl receive better interest: http://wikileaks.ch/support.html |
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WikiLeaks tweets We ask that all people who love freedom close out their accounts at Bank of America. |
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WikiLeaks tweets Does your business do business with Bank of America? Our advise is to place your funds somewhere safer. |
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WikiLeaks tweets Hilarious WikiLeaks Cablegate satire now live! http://bit.ly/hzmVGM |
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Banking Blockade |
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WikiLeaks |
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"Banking Blockade |
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WikiLeaks tweets Hillary v. WikiLeaks music video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl4NlA97GeQ |
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21. On December 21, 2010, 48 days after the agents seized Plaintiff's electronic devices, the devices remained in the government's custody. On that date, Plaintiff, through counsel, sent a letter by facsimile to DHS, CBP, and ICE requesting that his electronic devices be returned to him immediately. He also requested that he be provided with documentation of the chain of custody of any copies made of the information contained on his devices and documentation of their destruction. |
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Catherine Crump, John Reinstein |
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American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU |
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Border Searches, Grand Jury, Search and Seizure |
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Our efforts, unfortunately, have not resulted any in positive results. To its credit, the SJA office is attempting to correct this situation. However, given the fact that Quantico is a Marine Corps facility, it has similarly had no success. |
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David Coombs |
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civilian defense counsel |
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Banking Blockade |
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Authoring or Creator Agency: |
WikiLeaks |
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"Banking Blockade |
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Archive Link |
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Banking Blockade |
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WikiLeaks |
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"Banking Blockade |
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WASHINGTON, DC Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa today issued the following statement of support for a revised version of S. 372, The Whistleblower Protection Act:
'The Whistleblower Protection Act creates a framework for federal employees to report waste, fraud, and abuse and shields them from retaliation. I urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan bill.'
'I'm disappointed that the Administration has refused to answer questions from Congress about how it intends to address the situation with Wikileaks and prevent the reckless publication of sensitive national security information in the future. Had the Administration been more forthcoming, this bill could have advanced with more protections for federal employees who work on matters of national security. In the next Congress, I intend to continue the discussion about providing appropriate protections for federal employees who expose wrongdoing through legal and responsible channels.' |
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Darrell Issa (CA-R) |
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Chair, United States Representative |
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House Committee on Oversight and Governmental Reform, United States House of Representatives |
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The recently reported cyber attacks in response to the WikiLeaks disclosures are fresh reminders of the urgent need to have national standards to protect the privacy of America's digital information. |
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Patrick Leahy (VT-D) |
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Chair, United States Senator |
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Senate Committee of the Judiciary, United States Senate |
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Patrick Leahy, US Senator from Vermont |
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LittleSis |
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22. On December 22, 2010, Plaintiff's electronic devices were returned to him by mail. Although Plaintiff had been informed they were taken into custody by 'R. Hart, SAC CHI ICE,' his electronic devices were sent to him from the 'DHS CIS New York District Office.' |
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Catherine Crump, John Reinstein |
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American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU |
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Border Searches, Grand Jury, Search and Seizure |
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CIA officials said the agency is conducting an extensive inventory of the classified information, which is routinely distributed on a dozen or more networks that connect agency employees around the world.
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[T] the task force is focused on the immediate impact of the most recently released files. One issue is whether the agency's ability to recruit informants could be damaged by declining confidence in the U.S. government's ability to keep secrets. |
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Greg Miller |
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Reporter |
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Agency(ies): |
Washington Post |
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CIA WikiLeaks Task Force |
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'The director asked the task force to examine whether the latest release of WikiLeaks documents might affect the agency's foreign relationships or operations,' CIA spokesman George Little said. The panel is being led by the CIA's Counterintelligence Center but has more than two dozen members from departments across the agency. |
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George Little |
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Spokesperson |
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CIA, Central Intelligence Agency |
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xxix) 22 December 2010 Entry: 'SND did not receive any disciplinary reports or adverse spot evaluations and received an above average work and training report.' The entry also notes, 'overall, SND was respectful and cooperative during the interview.' |
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Unidentified |
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Agency(ies): |
Marine Corps Base Quantico Brig |
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Concerning: |
United States v. Pfc. Bradley Manning, Unlawful Pretrial Confinement, Article 13 |
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The United Nations is investigating a complaint on behalf of Bradley Manning that he is being mistreated while held since May in US Marine Corps custody pending trial. The army private is charged with the unauthorized use and disclosure of classified information, material related to the WikiLeaks, and faces a court martial sometime in 2011.
The office of Manfred Nowak, special rapporteur on torture based in Geneva, received the complaint from a Manning supporter; his office confirmed that it was being looked into. Manning's supporters say that he is in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day; this could be construed as a form of torture. This month visitors reported that his mental and physical health was deteriorating. |
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Ewen MacAskill |
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Reporter |
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Guardian |
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Assistant to the President for Counter-Terrorism and Homeland Security John Brennan called Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh on December 23 to emphasize the importance of taking forceful action against al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in order to thwart its plans to carry out terrorist attacks in Yemen as well as in other countries, including in the U.S. Homeland. Mr. Brennan emphasized the need to strengthen the already close cooperation between Yemeni and U.S. counterterrorism and security services, as well as with other partner nations, including the timely acquisition of all relevant information from individuals arrested by Yemeni security forces. Mr. Brennan conveyed President Obama's appreciation for the sacrifices of the Yemeni people in confronting al-Qa'ida and expressed regret for the recent actions by wikileaks. Mr. Brennan thanked President Saleh for his explicit commitment to ensure the full cooperation of the Yemeni Government and his pledge never to retreat in the face of al-Qa'ida's murderous agenda. |
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xxx) 29 December 2010 Entry: 'SND did not receive any disciplinary reports or adverse spot evaluations and received an average work and training report.' The entry also stated, 'SND was evaluated by Capt Hocter on 23 December 2010, and although further mental evaluation was deemed necessary, SND was recommended to be removed from POI classification from a psychiatric standpoint.' |
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Marine Corps Base Quantico Brig |
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United States v. Pfc. Bradley Manning, Unlawful Pretrial Confinement, Article 13 |
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The only exception to this was on December 10, 2010 when it was recommended that PFC Manning remain under POI watch for one week. The following week, the forensic psychiatrist once again recommended that PFC Manning be removed from POI watch. Despite these consistent recommendations, PFC Manning has remained on POI watch and in MAX custody. |
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Over the course of the following three months, Capt. Hocter and the Brig forensic psychiatrist, COL Ricky Malone, consistently recommended to CWO4 Averhart that I be taken off POI watch. The only exception to this was on 10 December 2010 when Capt. Hocter recommended that I remain under POI watch for one week. The following week, he once again recommended to CWO4 Averhart that I be removed from POI watch. Despite Capt. Hocter and COL Malone's consistent recommendations, I remained on POI watch and in MAX custody.
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The suicide risk means that I sit in my cell for 24 hours a day. I am stripped of all clothing with the exception of my underwear. My prescription eyeglasses are taken away from me. I am forced to sit in essential blindness with the exception of the times that I am reading or given limited television privileges. During those times, my glasses are returned to me. Additionally, there is a guard sitting outside my cell watching me at all times. |
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Bradley Manning |
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United States v. Pfc. Bradley Manning, Unlawful Pretrial Confinement, Article 13 |
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WikiLeaks tweets Sir David Frost interview with Julian Assange | http://is.gd/jgECL |
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xxx) 29 December 2010 Entry: 'SND did not receive any disciplinary reports or adverse spot evaluations and received an average work and training report.' The entry also stated, 'SND was evaluated by Capt Hocter on 23 December 2010, and although further mental evaluation was deemed necessary, SND was recommended to be removed from POI classification from a psychiatric standpoint.' |
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Marine Corps Base Quantico Brig |
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United States v. Pfc. Bradley Manning, Unlawful Pretrial Confinement, Article 13 |
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23. In a letter to Plaintiff's counsel dated December 30, 2010, general counsel for ICE noted that the devices had been returned but did not indicate whether any information derived from those electronic devices had been copied, what agencies or individuals were given any copies made, and whether any such copies had been destroyed. |
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xxxi) 6 January 2011 Entry: 'SND was evaluated by the Brig Psychiatrist [WHO IS THIS?] on 30 December 2010 and recommended to be removed from POI. SND has not presented any problems since last review and has been an overall average detainee. |
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