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Commentary: Who’s smarter? Atticus Finch or Atticus Q. Finch?
Middle name initials enhance evaluations of intellectual performance, according to an abstract of a research study.
Manning sentencing witness: Leaked cables chilled U.S. human rights efforts
FORT MEADE — A State Department official says the 250,000 diplomatic cables that Pfc. Bradley Manning disclosed through WikiLeaks had a chilling effect on the department’s ability to advance human […]
Manning verdict could test notion of aiding enemy
FORT MEADE — It’s judgment day for Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, the soldier charged with aiding the enemy for giving troves of U.S. government secrets to WikiLeaks. The military judge […]
Booz Allen fires Snowden after NSA leak
NEW YORK — Government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton said Tuesday that it has fired Edward Snowden, the employee who leaked details of a secret National Security Agency surveillance program. The […]
U.S. declassifies phone program details after uproar
Moving to tamp down a public uproar spurred by the disclosure of two secret surveillance programs, the nation's top intelligence official is declassifying key details about one of the programs while insisting the efforts were legal, limited in scope and necessary to detect terrorist threats.
Hacker who turned Manning in takes witness stand
FORT MEADE — A one-time computer hacker who told authorities Pfc. Bradley Manning was giving information to WikiLeaks testified Tuesday the soldier never said he wanted to help the enemy […]
WikiLeaks judge weighs evidence request
FORT MEADE — Military prosecutors argued Wednesday for the right to present evidence of other misconduct by an Army private charged with a massive leak of classified information to the […]
Senators want security clearance tax credit
ANNAPOLIS — A bipartisan group of state senators called Thursday for $6 million to pay for a new tax credit for Maryland workers seeking federal security clearances. The state’s economy […]
Cuban officials’ bar in Washington toasts ‘Papa’
WASHINGTON — Washington and Cuba have had an icy relationship for decades, but the Cold War foes now have a place to share something else: chilly drinks. Last month, Cuban […]
Homeland chief: No plans to raise terror level
WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the government has no plans to raise the terror alert level in the U.S. as a result of Osama bin Laden’s death. […]
Defense seeks GI’s release in WikiLeaks case
HAGERSTOWN — The lawyer for a U.S. Army private suspected of passing thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks says he has asked the government to release his client from a […]
