Tag: Leaks

  • Thomas Drake – The Secret Sharer

    Thomas Drake – The Secret Sharer

    Is Thomas Drake an enemy of the state? by Jane Mayer May 23, 2011 Drake, a former senior executive at the National Security Agency, faces some of the gravest charges that can be brought against an American citizen. Photograph by Martin Schoeller.   On June 13th, a fifty-four-year-old former government employee named Thomas Drake is…

  • Assange Accuser Worked with US-Funded, CIA-Tied Anti-Castro Group

    Assange Accuser Worked with US-Funded, CIA-Tied Anti-Castro Group

    Yesterday Alexander Cockburn reminded us of the news Israel Shamir and Paul Bennett broke at Counterpunch in September.   Julian Assange’s chief accuser in Sweden has a significant history of work with anti-Castro groups, at least one of which is US funded and openly supported by a former CIA agent convicted in the mass murder of…