Ex-Senate staffer faces charges in leak investigation
30 years on the job, if found guilty he should have known better.
Ex-Senate staffer faces charges in leak investigation
" ....The Senate staffer, James A. Wolfe, was indicted on three counts of making false statements while he served as the committee’s director of security, a position in which he was entrusted with secret and top-secret information provided to the committee as part of its oversight of the intelligence community, the Justice Department said in a statement. Wolfe served in the job for nearly 30 years, from 1987 until last December.
The government alleges that Wolfe lied to FBI agents in December 2017 about “repeated contacts” with three reporters, including through the use of encrypted messaging applications. He is further accused of lying about providing two reporters with “nonpublic information related to matters occurring before the [committee],” the statement read.
It’s clear from the context of the indictment that Watkins was the author of one story the FBI was investigating to determine who served as her source or sources. The identities of three other reporters referred to anonymously in the indictment, and with whom Wolfe is alleged to have had contact, were not clear. ..."
4 Comments:
Looks like the news media may be cutting back on stories from informed/reliable sources or anonymous sources.
Spillin the beans will occur next for those sources in the pokey.
Thanks JAP. Pokey is a good place for them.
Insider convicted traitors should be treated as such as an example.
Thanks Eddessa. Yes they should and prosecuted to the full extent of the law. 30 years in service he knew better.
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