Andrea Germanos

Leaking Classified Info Not Such A Big Deal (Except When Whistleblowers Do It)

The Defense Department says there will be no demotion for General David Petraeus.

Andrea Germanos
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Gen. Davis Petraeus, left, shaking hands with soon to be mistress, Paula Broadwell, co-author of "All In: The Education of General David Petraeus." (AP Photo/ISAF)

In what some are calling another example of a two-tiered justice system, the Pentagon said Friday that it would not demote Retired General David Petraeus, who was convicted in 2015 of leaking classified information to his biographer and mistress. The former CIA head reached a plea deal with the Justice Department last year, and the new

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Profits Over Rights As UK Sells Spy Gear To Repressive Regimes

‘What’s needed is that human rights considerations take precedence over financial incentives and security relationships.’

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Royal Saudi Land Forces and units of Special Forces of the Pakistani army take part in a joint military exercise called "Al-Samsam 5" in Shamrakh field, north of Baha region, southwest Saudi Arabia.

The UK government is signing off on the sales of advanced surveillance technologies to repressive regimes that it has admonished for human rights abuses, the Independent exclusively reported Wednesday. The information about the sales to countries, which include Saudi Arabia and Egypt, was found by London-based surveillance watchdog Privacy

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Leaked GOP Memo Reveals Admiration For Trump’s ‘Populist’ Message

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump autographs a supporter’s chest following his speech at a campaign rally at the Prince William County Fair Ground, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, in Manassas, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) Despite widespread worries about what a Donald Trump presidency might mean for the United States and the world, a leaked memo sent […]

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump autographs a supporter's chest following his speech at a campaign rally at the Prince William County Fair Ground, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, in Manassas, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Despite widespread worries about what a Donald Trump presidency might mean for the United States and the world, a leaked memo sent from the campaign arm for Senate Republicans reveals the party establishment is more than ready to take lessons from the billionaire celebrity's agenda. The document is a 7-page memo written by the head of the

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EU Parliament Votes For Dropped Charges, Asylum Protection For Snowden

Resolution passed by European Parliament Thursday calls on member states to prevent whistleblower’s extradition, rendition.

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A sticker calling for asylum for Edward Snowden seen in Berlin. (Photo: Tony Webster/flickr/cc)

The European Parliament passed a resolution Thursday urging its nations to afford NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden protection. Passed by a 285 to 281 vote, the resolution calls on EU member states to "drop any criminal charges against Edward Snowden, grant him protection and consequently prevent extradition or rendition by third parties, in

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Despite Widespread Opposition, ‘Surveillance Bill in Disguise’ Takes New Step Towards Passage

CISA would allow technology companies ‘to hand over huge amounts of our information without any legal process whatsoever, as long as they have a vague cybersecurity purpose.’

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The U.S. Senate has moved forward the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA)—legislation denounced by its many critics as "a surveillance bill in disguise." With bipartisan support, CISA passed 83-14 in a procedural vote on Thursday. "The Senate just did a really bad thing," Techdirt's Mike Masnick wrote Thursday, and offered a list of

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NATO And Russia Rattle Sabers Over Syria

NATO head says alliance is ‘implementing the biggest reinforcement of our collective defense since the end of the Cold War’.

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U.S. President Barack Obama, right, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin pose for members of the media before a bilateral meeting Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, at United Nations headquarters. (Sergey Guneyev/RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that the military alliance agreed to beef up its forces in the face of what he called a "troubling escalation of Russian military activities" in Syria. "We are implementing the biggest reinforcement of our collective defense since the end of the Cold War," Stoltenberg said ahead of his

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‘Operation Endless War’: US Could Leave 10,000 Troops In Afghanistan After 2016

Wall Street Journal reports on option put forth by top U.S. commander in Afghanistan.

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A U.S. Army soldier patrols near the village of Tarok Kolache where reconstruction efforts were underway, on Friday, April 1, 2011, in the Arghandab River Valley of Afghanistan. A new report on corruption in U.S. reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan shows widespread mismanagement of millions. (Flickr / ISAF Regional Command-South / Ensign Haraz Ghanbari)

The U.S. is reportedly considering a plan to leave as many as 10,000 troops in Afghanistan "beyond the end of 2016," the Wall Street Journal has reported. The paper reports that the option was one of five that the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Campbell, offered the Pentagon and NATO officials in Brussels. From the WSJ: The

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