Leaker who spread U.S. intel docs is member of national guard: media

STORY: Leaker who spread U.S. intel docs is member of national guard: media DATELINE: April 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: Washington, D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland holding press conference 2. various of street views of Washington, D.C. STORYLINE: The man who leaked a trove of U.S. intelligence documents, some marked as top secrete, to the public is a young airman enlisted in the Massachusetts Air National Guard (MANG), The New York Times reported Thursday. Identifying the U.S. service member as 21-year-old Jack Teixeira who works in the MANG's intelligence wing, the Times said it based the finding on interviews and documents it reviewed. The report said Teixeira is the leader of a private online chat group with members numbering 20 to 30, who were drawn together by their shared love for guns, racist online memes and video games. Though members of the chat group interviewed by the Times didn't identify the leader by name -- only referring to him as "OG"

Japanese researcher explains website for whistleblowers

Japanese researcher explains website for whistleblowers

TOKYO, Japan - Masayuki Hatta, a full-time lecturer at Surugadai University in Saitama Prefecture in eastern Japan, explains about the "whistleblowing.jp" website he developed at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2014. The site, aimed at starting operations in 2015, uses the Tor anonymity software to protect the identity of a whistleblower and passes on the information in encrypted form to registered journalists and news media of a leaker's choice.

Venezuela offers asylum to U.S. intelligence leaker

Venezuela offers asylum to U.S. intelligence leaker

TOKYO, Japan - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (pictured) said in a televised speech on July 5, 2013, that he has decided to offer asylum to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.

Japanese researcher explains website for whistleblowers

Japanese researcher explains website for whistleblowers

TOKYO, Japan - Masayuki Hatta, a full-time lecturer at Surugadai University in Saitama Prefecture in eastern Japan, explains about the "whistleblowing.jp" website he developed at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2014. The site, aimed at starting operations in 2015, uses the Tor anonymity software to protect the identity of a whistleblower and passes on the information in encrypted form to registered journalists and news media of a leaker's choice. (Kyodo)