It makes sense that Charles McGonigal didn’t brag that he oversaw investigations of Oleg Deripaska before he went on to work for Deripaska. But it’s far more curious that McGonigal didn’t mention that he led not one but two WikiLeaks investigations.
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Serving as Julian Assange’s Unwitting Data Mule to Israel Shamir Is Not Journalism
James Ball describes that the FBI wants him to testify about how he served as an unwitting data mule for Julian Assange, providing State Cables to Israel Shamir.
On Joshua Schulte’s Alleged Substantial Amount of CSAM … and Other Contraband
Something else is going on — on top of the news that FBI claims 2,400 CSAM files were found on Josh Schulte’s discovery laptop.
SDNY Calls DOJ’s Definition of the Espionage Act an “Academic Interest”
SDNY says that it’s merely academic to a journalist whether the government might prosecute her under the Espionage Act for sharing already published information.
Judge Jesse Furman Gives DOJ 3 Pages to Reply to emptywheel’s Bid to Liberate Sealed Transcripts on the Espionage Act
Judge Jesse Furman must have found something novel or interesting in my National Security Counselors-supported intervention to liberate CIPA transcripts in the Josh Schulte case, because he just gave the government three pages to reply.
The Day after I Blew Off Josh Schulte He Started Deleting “Suspicious Emails”
In the first week that Josh Schulte had a Samsung phone he used to leak classified information from jail, someone was trying to get me on the phone with him.
If a Bear Shits in a Sealed CIPA Conference, Can It Expand the Espionage Act to the NYT’s Readers?
Under some claims the government made in a sealed hearing, “there are hundreds of thousands of people unwittingly violating the Espionage Act by sharing the New York Times report about the WikiLeaks leak.” I’m intervening to try to make those claims public.
On the Shoddy Journalistic Defense of “WikLeaks”
It took a little old emptywheel to point out to some of the world’s leading newspapers that they hadn’t fact-checked a letter purporting to defend the principles of journalism.
DOJ Rethinks — but in a Few Areas, Expands — Access to Media Content
The revised guidelines for using legal process for journalists rolled out by Merrick Garland yesterday affirmatively protect reporting on classified information in the definition of newsgathering. They close a number of surveillance loopholes used in recent years. But in other ways, the guidelines define journalism by what it’s not, excluding a number of crimes of interest in recent years.
Sabrina Shroff Really Wants to Meet in Person with Josh Schulte
In the wake of the government’s accusations that Josh Schulte had loaded CSAM materials onto his laptop, the government and his lawyer are squabbling about simple things like consulting on post-trial motions schedule.
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