The Justice Department has charged John Kiriakou, a former CIA officer and former senior Democrat Senate aide to John Kerry with being the source of major media leaks compromising national security, disclosing the identity of an undercover officer and lying to the CIA about the origin of other sensitive material he published in a book. He faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted. Kiriakou is al...

It was a spy plot so far-fetched it would be worthy of James Bond - a transmitter concealed inside an artificial rock by British agents and placed next to a Russian street in order to steal classified data.

Private Bradley Manning, the accused in the passing of classified documents to Wikileaks, will likely face court martial and possible life in prison for "aiding the enemy"! And rightfully so, as the final decision to have the trial now moves up the chain of command. I first wrote about this case back in December of 2010 in conjunction with the attempt by Berkeley, California to officially bestow t...

Classified document, seen by The Daily Telegraph, says 2,500 wounded soldiers, including 350 who have lost limbs, will not be exempt from the extensive cuts.

The cabinet secretary says he is satisfied that Oliver Letwin did not dispose of any classified documents when he dumped papers in a park in central London.

Over at the FT they’re having one. They do ask for work safe ones though and I’m not sure that my entry will be classified as such. So I’ll add it here just in case.  

New benchmarks suggest that a person living on more than Rs32 ($0.64) a day in urban areas would no longer be classified as being below the poverty line

Sheffield South East MP, Clive Betts, has welcomed the new proposals for Birch Avenue and Woodland View care homes. Sheffield Primary Care Trust is now proposing that the homes are re-classified as 'providing care for people with dementia with complex needs.' Clive Betts has been involved with relatives of current residents of the homes in making representations against the PCT's or...

A new hacking group that has bragged of an unprecedented series of high-profile attacks in the past six weeks said it aimed to expose classified government secrets

The Government has accidentally published a classified briefing which suggested that Baroness Ashton was not experienced enough to become EU foreign minister and that her post should have been filled by a political heavyweight.