November 05, 2019
A former CIA employee accused of spilling secrets to WikiLeaks is leveling a constitutional challenge against the Espionage Act and the federal larceny statute, urging a New York federal court to block the federal government from prosecuting him under the allegedly sweeping and vague statutes.
September 20, 2019
A New York federal judge has determined that recordings of conversations between CIA agents and a former employee accused of spilling secrets to WikiLeaks can stay classified.
September 17, 2019
Attorneys for a former CIA programmer accused of spilling secrets to WikiLeaks continued to push for the declassification of several recordings of his conversations made in public places, telling a New York federal court Tuesday that the spy agency cannot justify keeping the recordings secret.
September 16, 2019
The federal government has told a New York court that attorneys for a former CIA programmer accused of spilling secrets to WikiLeaks are wrong to argue that several recordings of his conversations should be declassified because they took place in public places.
August 27, 2019
Attorneys for a former CIA programmer accused of spilling secrets to WikiLeaks have asked a New York federal court to divide the case, saying two of his public defenders are potential witnesses in the programmer's favor for a new count that has been added to the indictment.
April 10, 2019
Counsel for an ex-CIA programmer accused of spilling secrets to WikiLeaks told a Manhattan federal judge Wednesday the agency is reading the defendant's communications and argued that attorney-client discussions should not be subject to CIA review.
June 20, 2018
A New York man accused of stealing secrets while working for the Central Intelligence Agency in 2016 and feeding them to WikiLeaks pled not guilty Wednesday to charges of stealing and transmitting national defense information and asked for time to consider if he will consent to proceeding in Manhattan federal court.
June 18, 2018
The government on Monday accused a former CIA employee of leaking classified national defense information to an outside organization that reports show was WikiLeaks, which had touted the leak as the largest-ever publication of confidential CIA documents.