wikileaks

• Opinion

Julian Assange is no hero

Some have suggested that the founder of WikiLeaks should be viewed as a heroic defender of press freedom and transparency. But Julian Assange is no hero.

• Entertainment

Former Maryland U.S. Sen. candidate, whistle-blower Chelsea Manning will publish her memoir in 2020

The New York-based publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux announced on its Facebook page that it will publish whistle-blower Chelsea Manning's memoir in 2020

By Mary Carole McCauley

May 14, 2019

• Opinion

Assange helped sabotage U.S. election, remember?

Don't cast Julian Assange as some kind of hero when he played a key role in Russian interference in the 2016 election.

• Opinion

Don't give Ecuador free pass in Assange arrest

Journalists need to be skeptical of Ecuador's claims regarding Julian Assange.

• Opinion

Julian Assange not the only guilty one

Julian Assange will be punished for his leaks, but what about people like Hillary Clinton who used unsecured servers?

• Opinion

Goldberg: Conspiracy theorists in Trump-Russia investigation see black and white in an ocean of gray

The Trump presidency is often a kind of political "Rashomon," with partisans on either side looking at the same facts and coming to wildly different conclusions.

• Opinion

Alternative fact of the Week: Conspiracy theorists go nuts on a murder victim

Twisting the murder of a young DNC staffer into a conspiracy theory is this week's truly despicable alternative fact

• Maryland

Chelsea Manning released, plans to move to Maryland after 7 years in prison

Pvt. Chelsea Manning, the transgender soldier convicted of giving classified government materials to WikiLeaks, is due to be released from a Kansas military prison on Wednesday after serving seven years of her 35-year sentence.

• Europe

Trumped-up claims against Trump

The Washington establishment rejoiced last week over what seemed to be a windfall "gotcha" moment, as President Donald Trump said he had fired FBI Director James Comey over "this Russia thing, with Trump and Russia." The President labeled it a "made-up story" and, by all appearances, he is mostly correct.

• Opinion

Republicans are finding it hard to play defense

Monday's House Intelligence Committee hearing, billed as the first public inquiry into Russia's election meddling, was a spectacle with an obvious lesson: Offense is easier than defense.

• Opinion

Cal Thomas: Wiki-flood

Cal Thomas: If limited government means anything, surely it means limiting government from the power to invade the privacy of its citizens without due process.

• Baltimore City Paper

Backing Band Chemistry: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists and Heks Orkest at the G-Spot, Dec. 7

• Baltimore City Paper

WikiLeaks and BoA

• Features

Looking Out: Baltimore to receive award for LGBT equality ranking

LGBT-related news and commentary from around the web

• Columnists

Feeling conflicted about the return of Jack Bauer tonight in '24'

Here are my two conflicting thoughts on tonight's "24: Live Another Day."

• Howard County

Howard County senior events

East Columbia 50+ Center offers educational opportunities relating to finances for seniors.

• Politics

Manning sentence approved by Washington military district commander

The commander of the Army Military District of Washington has approved the findings of the court-martial last year of WikiLeaker Chelsea Manning.

• Politics

Manning sentence approved by Washington military district commander

• Maryland

John Culleton: Increase internet security measures

• Sun Investigates

Fear of 'legal consequences' drove Hopkins' blog controversy

When an interim engineering dean at the Johns Hopkins University asked a well-known cryptography professor to remove a blog post about the National Security Agency from university servers, he said he did so because he feared ¿legal consequences.¿

• Opinion

Rep. Cummings: Obama's defender in chief

Baltimore's Elijah Cummings is the voice of reason on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and the chief restraint on chairman Darrell Issa

• Opinion

Rep. Cummings: Obama's defender in chief

• Opinion

Manning jailed while Iraq war's instigators go free

Manning paying for his actions but Iraq war's instigators never held accountable

• National Government

Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years in WikiLeaks case

Bradley Manning, the junior Army analyst convicted of espionage for leaking thousands of classified documents, was sentenced to 35 years in prison Wednesday, reigniting a debate over how far the government should go to punish those who publicize secret information.

• Opinion

Sound sentence for Manning

The 35-year prison term handed down to Army Pfc. Bradley Manning balanced compassion with the requirements of military law

• Opinion

NSA more lawless than Manning

Manning does not deserve to be treated as a criminal

• Opinion

Sound sentence for Manning

• Opinion

NSA more lawless than Manning

• Trials and Arbitration

Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years in WikiLeaks case

• Opinion

Julian Assange is no one to judge the fairness of Bradley Manning's trial

Julian Assange is no one to judge the fairness of Bradley Manning's trial

• Features

Looking Out: New Jersey judge hears arguments over marriage equality

A New Jersey judge heard arguments Thursday over whether the state should be required to legalize same-sex marriage in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision on the Defense of Marriage Act.

• Chelsea Manning

Manning testifies: 'I'm sorry that I hurt the United States'

Speaking for the first time in his court-martial, Pfc. Bradley E. Manning apologized that his decision to leak thousands of secret documents hurt the United States and told an Army judge Wednesday that he was "dealing with a lot of issues" at the time.

• Chelsea Manning

Defense raises questions about Manning's mental health

Pfc. Bradley E. Manning's attorney focused on the former Army analyst's mental health and whether his superiors adequately probed his fitness to serve as the defense opened its case in the sentencing portion of his trial Monday.

• Opinion

Drone strikes are al-Qaida's most effective recruiting tool

Drone strikes are al-Qaida's most effective recruiting tool

• Opinion

Drone strikes are al-Qaida's most effective recruiting tool

• Chelsea Manning

General on Manning fallout: Relations strained, but no evidence anyone killed

The general who led the Pentagon's review of the largest leak of classified documents in U.S. history told a military judge on Wednesday that their publication revealed tactics, strained relations with some allies and caused some Afghans to stop cooperating with Americans.

• Homicide

General on Manning fallout: Relations strained, but no evidence anyone killed

• Chelsea Manning

Manning guilty of violating Espionage Act, not guilty of aiding the enemy

A military judge ruled Tuesday that Army Pfc. Bradley E. Manning violated the Espionage Act when he gave a trove of classified material to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks to publish online. But Col. Denise Lind found the onetime Marylander not guilty of aiding the enemy.

• Trials and Arbitration

Manning guilty of violating Espionage Act, not guilty of aiding the enemy

• Chelsea Manning

Bradley Manning sought fame with leaks, prosecutor says

Army Pfc. Bradley E. Manning was looking for "worldwide notoriety" when he gave hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, a military prosecutor said Thursday.

• Maryland

Defense opens case in Manning trial

Attorneys for Pfc. Bradley Manning opened their defense of the Army analyst Monday by portraying him as a computer whiz operating under loose guidelines whose decision to leak reams of classified documents was based on a well-intentioned sense of idealism.

• Iraq

Defense opens case in Manning trial

• Opinion

Foreign outrage over Snowden's secrets is laughable

• Google Inc.

Things to know for Monday

• Opinion

Free Manning, close Gitmo

Guantanamo Bay prison bigger threat to U.S. security than Manning

• Opinion

Free Manning, close Gitmo

• Defense

Little impact seen from suspension of clearance investigations

The Pentagon decision to suspend security clearance vetting for some defense contractors is likely to have little impact on either the Defense Department or private industry, officials from both said.

• Defense

Park service says police furloughs no longer needed

As Marylanders prepared for summer vacations, the National Park Service has announced that it no longer needs to furlough U.S. Park Police.

• Politics and Government

NSA leaks shift focus to intel contractors

WASHINGTON — Leaks about secret National Security Agency surveillance programs made by an intelligence contractor reopened a debate Monday over how much the government relies on companies for spy work and whether the firms must do more to vet employees and protect classified information.

• Edward Snowden

Similarities seen in leaks by Snowden, Manning

In its broad outlines, the case of Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old intelligence contractor who last week revealed the existence of two top secret National Security Agency eavesdropping programs, hews closely to the contours set by Army Pfc. Bradley Manning.