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Former White House national security adviser John Bolton arrives at U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, in Greenbelt on Oct. 17, 2025. (REUTERS/Leah Millis)
Jun 4, 2026

Former Trump adviser Bolton to pay $2.25M to settle classified document charges, sources say

President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, John Bolton is expected to plead guilty over mishandling classified documents, CNN reported.

Oct 23, 2012

Ex-CIA man pleads to leaking operative’s identity

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former CIA officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to leaking the identity of one of the agency’s covert operatives to a reporter and will be sentenced to more […]

Jul 13, 2011

Ex-NSA official Drake seeks probation in leak case

WASHINGTON — A former senior official with the National Security Agency who admitted leaking information on a failed billion-dollar NSA computer project is asking the judge to sentence him to […]

Jun 10, 2011

Former NSA executive Thomas Drake pleads guilty to misdemeanor

Former National Security Agency senior executive Thomas A. Drake pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor in federal court in Baltimore on Friday, a day after striking a deal to dismiss […]

Jun 9, 2011

US reaches plea deal in NSA leaks case

The Justice Department on Thursday reached a plea agreement in the leak case against a former National Security Agency official. In court papers, the government said Thomas Drake will plead […]

Nov 30, 2010

US lawyers look at criminal law in WikiLeaks probe

WASHINGTON — A senior defense official says lawyers from across government agencies are studying whether it might be possible to prosecute WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under the Espionage Act. The […]