All posts tagged "Leak"

The notorious ex-British spy Christopher Steele -- behind the eponymous "Steele dossier" -- blames former President Donald Trump for causing the disappearance of two sources after critical evidence was declassified, according to a Reuters report citing public court documents released on Tuesday.

In a witness statement Steele called out Trump's decision to declassify his testimony to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation back in 2017 as "one of the most egregious breaches of intelligence rules and protocol by the US government in recent times."

He then said that the move resulted in tragic consequences. ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign was rattled this week by an embarrassing leak from a strategy meeting with donors, with leaked audio and slides showing aides trying to put a positive spin on data that clearly showed Trump has an advantage in the 2024 primary and that an unusually large chunk of voters have negative views of DeSantis despite high name recognition.

But perhaps just as embarrassing as the leak itself might be how the leak happened, according to Peter Schorsch, publisher of Florida Politics, the campaign insider site which first broke the leak.

The first hint of how it happened came from a tweet by DeSantis spokesperson and campaign official Christina Pushaw, showing a picture of the person claimed to be the leaker and saying, "As you can see, not a member of our team. Team DeSantis does not leak. But larger events with many outside attendees sometimes run the risk of infiltration."...

The airman who was arrested in connection with the leak of highly sensitive classified documents was preparing for what he imagined would be an inevitable race war, according to an investigation from the Washington Post.

It was previously reported that alleged leaker Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, who it was discovered had access to a trove of military documents over a long period of time, had an obsession with guns and liked to analyze mass shootings for "fun." Based on previously unreleased videos analyzed by the Washington Post, we now know Teixeira was also obsessed with the potential of a race war.

The Post included a video of Teixeira shooting a semiautomatic rifle and reciting extremely racist language....

The airman who was arrested in connection with the leak of highly sensitive classified documents had an obsession with firearms and said that he found analyzing mass shootings to be "fun," according to an investigation.

Alleged leaker Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, who it was discovered had access to a trove of military documents over a long period of time, frequently posted about his guns, about firearm legislation, and about mass shootings and conspiracy theories, according to an analysis published by the New York Times.

The Times, which looked into 9,500 chat logs from Discord, found that Teixeira blamed the United States for purportedly orchestrating gruesome mass shootings....

The Trans Alaska Pipeline shut down on Saturday after a leak was discovered at the intake pump station at Prudhoe Bay, constricting supply in one of the United States' key oil arteries.