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NEWS ABOUT: press leaks

press leaks stories: 14 news summaries
ANALYSIS

Leakers Have Agendas—That Journos Hide

From gossip to war,
the press is too kind
to its sources

Sep 28, 09 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the past few days the New York Times and Washington Post broke three major stories with the help of leaks: John Edwards' readiness to declare paternity, Stanley McChrystal's blunt assessment of the Afghanistan war, and Barack Obama's intervention in the New York governor's race. For Post media columnist... More »

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John Edwards • New York Times • Washington Post • Bob Woodward • American media • press leaks • David Paterson • Stanley McChrystal • Howard Kurtz

ANALYSIS

 Who Leaked 
 to Woodward? 
 Good Luck 

McChrystal report could help the Pentagon, or the White House, or...

Sep 22, 09 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The question du jour in Washington is who leaked Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s report advocating an increased troop presence in Afghanistan to Bob Woodward, Ben Smith writes on Politico. But the outcome of this tried and true “capital parlor game” is far from certain. Some Beltway insiders think... More »

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Pentagon • Washington DC • Washington Post • White House • Bob Woodward • press leaks • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • President Obama • Stanley McChrystal

Workers Flood Blogs With Company Secrets

14% of employees admit spilling dirt

Jul 20, 09 3:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Company secrets are an endangered species in our blog-happy society, reports the Wall Street Journal. A survey has found that 14% of US workers admit to leaking confidential or embarrassing company information to outsiders. Salary cuts and impending layoffs are common topics leaked to industry blogs. More »

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Internet leak • blog • press leaks • secrets

 Brown Lawyer Pursues Leaker 

Geragos plans to mine internal police records for evidence

May 7, 09 9:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Attempting to learn how TMZ got a photo of Rihanna’s bruised face, Chris Brown’s lawyer filed two motions yesterday asking for internal police records, the New York Daily News reports. The LAPD is still probing the leak internally, but lawyer Mark Geragos is due back in court May... More »

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entertainment • celebrity trials • domestic violence • celebrity • assault • press leaks • Rihanna • Mark Geragos • physical abuse • Chris Brown

Paterson Leaked
False Dirt on Caroline

Tax/nanny issues a mirage

Feb 4, 09 12:23 PM CST
(Newser) - When Caroline Kennedy ended her Senate campaign, David Paterson’s administration leaked confidential and misleading information about her, the New York Times reports. Paterson aides told reporters that Kennedy had “a definite tax issue” and “a nanny problem” that “she didn’t want to become public.... More »

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Hillary Clinton • New York • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • press leaks • David Paterson • Senate seat

Hillary Leaks Infuriate Obama's Camp


Nov 20, 08 10:42 AM CST
(Newser) - The steady stream of leaks about Hillary Clinton’s Cabinet prospects is infuriating Barack Obama’s notoriously tight-lipped organization, the New York Daily News reports. “This isn’t coming from our shop,” said one Obama official, voicing the widely held sentiment that Clintonites have been strategically leaking... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • press leaks • President Obama

analysis

 Emanuel Will Be Obama's 
 Super Salesman 


Nov 7, 08 11:47 AM CST
(Newser) - The prospect of a presidential chief of staff with Rahm Emanuel's elbows-out style is winning praise from Democrats, censure from the GOP. Salon media critic Jack Shafer says his style of working with the press is right out of David Mamet: hyperaggressive salesman who uses "charm, insults, and bluster"... More »

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Barack Obama • media • White House • Rahm Emanuel • press leaks • President Obama

US Doomed in Afghanistan: British Envoy

Leaked French cable quotes diplomat opposing surge

Oct 1, 08 7:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The British ambassador to Afghanistan believes “the American strategy is destined to fail,” the Telegraph reports, based on a leaked memo written by a French diplomat. In the memo, the French diplomat records statements by Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles at a Sept. 1 meeting in which the British envoy... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • surge • Britain • press leaks • ambassador

Pakistan Helped Taliban Plan Afghan Attacks: Report

Leaked Spanish document alleges link between intelligence agency and militants

Oct 1, 08 6:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani spies armed Taliban insurgents in 2005 assassination plots against the Afghan government, Cadena Ser radio reports after obtaining a confidential Spanish defense document. Bearing the defense ministry’s seal, the report alleges that Pakistan’s intelligence gave the militants roadside bombs, and may have also provided intelligence and training.... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • Spain • Inter Service Intelligence • press leaks

(Newser) - Similarities between a leaked British government document and a recent BBC report on al-Qaeda’s waning support are just that, the broadcaster said today in denying its editorial independence had been dented. A report leaked to the Guardian talked of pushing material through UK media channels to suggest al-Qaeda is... More »

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propaganda • BBC • Britain • press leaks • al-Qaeda

German Telecom Spying Ignites Privacy Uproar

Internal tracing of press leaks leads to calls for government probe

May 27, 08 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - German phone giant Deutsche Telekom has ignited a privacy firestorm by admitting it tracked board members’ phone calls to root out the source of embarrassing press leaks. The dominant national fixed-line provider revealed “severe and far-reaching” misuse of private information, generating anger in a country sensitive to civil liberties... More »

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Germany • privacy • Deutsche Telekom • press leaks • scandal

Brit Intelligence Leaked Di 'Squidgy Tapes,' Says Guard

'Intimate call broadcast on airwaves'

Jan 10, 08 4:23 AM CST
(Newser) - A British intelligence agency likely recorded Princess Diana's intimate phone conversations with her lover and leaked the embarrassing 1992 "Squidgygate" tapes, her former bodyguard testified yesterday at the inquest into her death. In the tapes, widely distributed by the press, car salesman James Gilbey tells Diana: "I love... More »

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Princess Diana • wiretap • Diana inquest • Government Communications Headquarters • press leaks • James Gilbey • Ken Wharfe • ham radio

Loose Lips
Sell Books

McClellan's the latest
spokesman to dish on a prez, but this time prez is still serving

Nov 25, 07 4:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Add speaking ill of current officeholders to the funeral pyre of political life. The latest former insider to cash in? Scott McClellan, who, in his forthcoming memoir as President Bush's chief spokesman, seems to blame his ex-boss for his own false statements about the CIA leak scandal. White House press... More »

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White House • Scott McClellan • press leaks • scandal • George W. Bush

Give Scooter
a Jail Break

One group's rooting for probation as the man who wouldn't snitch
is sentenced

Jun 5, 07 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Scooter Libby facing sentencing today for perjury in the Valerie Plame affair, Salon's Joseph Cooper asks his English class at the Webster Correctional Institution in Connecticut what punishment they would impose. The student cons go for probation, on the grounds that Libby's only crime was that he didn't snitch. More »

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Valerie Plame • White House • Lewis Scooter Libby • sentencing • perjury • press leaks

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