MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Ex-Senate Aide Charged in Leak Case Where Times Reporter’s Records Were Seized
By artappraiser on Thu, 06/07/2018 - 11:03pm |A former Senate aide was arrested as part of a leaks investigation that also involved the seizure of a New York Times reporter’s records
By Adam Goldberg, Nicholas Fandos & Katie Benner @ NYTimes.com, June 7
WASHINGTON — A former Senate Intelligence Committee aide was arrested Thursday in an investigation of classified information leaks where prosecutors also secretly seized years’ worth of a New York Times reporter’s phone and email records.
The former aide, James A. Wolfe, 57, was charged with lying repeatedly to investigators about his contacts with three reporters. According to the authorities, Mr. Wolfe made false statements to the F.B.I. about providing two of them with private information related to the committee’s work. They did not say whether it was classified.
Mr. Wolfe was slated to appear before a federal judge on Friday in Washington. Reached Thursday evening before his arrest, Mr. Wolfe declined to comment. Mr. Wolfe’s case led to the first known instance of the Justice Department going after a reporter’s data under President Trump.
The seizure — disclosed in a letter to the reporter, Ali Watkins — suggested that prosecutors under the Trump administration will continue the aggressive tactics employed under President Barack Obama [....]
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Axios.com: Former Senate staffer indicted for lying to the FBI, 38 mins. ago
TheHill.com: Former Senate Intel aide indicted in DOJ leak case, 48 mins. ago
WashingtonPost.com: Ex-Senate staffer accused of lying to FBI about contacts with reporters, 16 mins. ago
A former Senate staffer has been charged with making false statements to the FBI, the Justice Department said. As part of the investigation, officials seized phone and email records of a New York Times reporter who previously was in a romantic relationship with the staffer, the newspaper said.
by artappraiser on Thu, 06/07/2018 - 11:37pm
by artappraiser on Fri, 06/08/2018 - 12:45am
Martin Longman
Having read through the entire indictment of James Wolfe, I have to say that the Feds were justified in taking the extreme step of looking at New York Times reporter Ali Watkins’s electronic records. I don’t say this lightly, and I’m not convinced that they did everything correctly in this case, but the behavior of Wolfe constituted a legitimate national security risk warranting an override of the presumed reporter/source privilege.
The primary problem here was more general than the specific role of Ali Watkins. Mr. Wolfe was the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s director of security from May 1987 to December 2017. In that role, he was responsible for safeguarding classified and top secret material and handling highly sensitive intelligence provided to the committee.....
by NCD on Fri, 06/08/2018 - 6:12pm
Thanks, can definitely use all the analytical one can find on this one. "Obama did it too" doesn't really cut it as adequate for me. Like to understand more. There's recent past that comes to mind like the Reality Winner case that I don't think ever got sufficiently analyzed, as in "WTF are we doing here? What's this about? Is this what we want to happen?" I do definitely buy that some people do need to keep their mouths shut under pain of prosecution because of their government job, that's not always the whole story though.
by artappraiser on Fri, 06/08/2018 - 6:27pm
I completely agree with this assessment. Her personal relationship with Wolfe adds another layer which can't be ignored because it gives a different twist to a relatively simple reporter/source privilege issue. I also don't doubt that hers were not the only records searched in regard to his suspected leaking of confidential records.
The second paragraph really does say it all - anyone with that kind of responsibility, up to and including overseeing all of the classified material that the Senate Intelligence Committee accesses - must be held to the highest standard. Full stop.
by barefooted on Sat, 06/09/2018 - 7:38pm
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by artappraiser on Fri, 06/08/2018 - 9:35pm
Seizing of Reporter’s Records Is Called a ‘Fundamental Threat’
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM 8:10 PM ET @ NYTimes.com
The revelation that federal prosecutors seized years’ worth of email and phone records from a New York Times reporter drew criticism from news organizations and press rights groups.
by artappraiser on Fri, 06/08/2018 - 9:35pm
They were hoping to find those lost Hillary emails Russia missed out on, worth brownie points and promotions with Trump.....
by NCD on Fri, 06/08/2018 - 9:39pm
Doh! Natch, what was I thinking? Anyone who was a Daily Beast Reporter has clearly got info on the whole deep state conspiracy if not an actor in it! That Spencer Ackerman guy, he's next. Long time libtard always hanging around military guys....
by artappraiser on Fri, 06/08/2018 - 10:16pm