Marcy Wheeler

On June 26, 2003, CIA posted nuclear blueprints written in English on its website, claiming they were Iraqi.[/caption]“Very often you get a curveball thrown at you.”When Bob S, a longtime CIA operations manager working on Weapons of Mass Destruction described the ambiguity common on CIA operations as getting a “curveball” thrown at you in Wednesday’s … Continue reading “The Sterling Trial: Merlin Meets Curveball”

On May 7, 2012, then Associated Press reporters Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo broke the story of a thwarted al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) underwear bomb plot. Within a day, several news outlets – including ABC News, Los Angeles Times, and New York Times – reported that the culprit was actually a Saudi … Continue reading “Peter King Demanded an Investigation To Find Journalist’s Sources Like Peter King”

Last week focused a lot of attention on New York Times reporter James Risen, who is facing the threat of jail time for refusing to testify in a leak case against former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling. The Supreme Court refused to hear Risen’s appeal of a subpoena to testify in June. On Monday, a bunch … Continue reading “A Tale of Two Alleged Iran Nuke Leakers”