Mr. Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, took refuge in 2012 in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. He was arrested there on Thursday after Ecuador revoked his asylum status.
Tag: Classified Information and State Secrets
It Wasn’t Just Khashoggi: Saudi Crown Prince’s Brutal Drive to Crush Dissent
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman created a secret team that spied on, kidnapped and tortured Saudi citizens a year before the journalist was killed.
At War: The Women Whose Secret Work Helped Win World War II
One was America’s first female intelligence cartographer. The other handled classified spy reports on four continents. These are their stories.
The Disappeared Children of Israel
In the state of Israel’s early years, a number of parents in immigrant transit camps were told that their babies had died. Their families believe the babies were abducted by the Israeli authorities in the 1950s, and were illegally put up for adoption t…
More Clues, and Questions, in 1961 Crash That Killed Dag Hammarskjold
A documentary film claims to have new information, which a United Nations investigator is evaluating. But after nearly six decades, nothing is definitive.
Huawei Was a Czech Favorite. Now? It’s a National Security Threat.
The Czech Republic has taken aggressive steps to limit the use of Huawei in 5G technology, setting off a fight being closely watched across Europe.
Australian Parliament Reports Cyberattack on Its Computer Network
Officials said there were no indications that data had been stolen in the attack, which an expert said was probably the work of a foreign government.
Ahead of Election, Indian Leaders Are Accused of Suppressing 45-Year Unemployment High
The leaked unemployment report undercut a tenet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s job-creation vows, and came out just months before the next election.
Huge Trove of Leaked Russian Documents Is Published by Transparency Advocates
Files and messages on Russia’s war in Ukraine, the business dealings of oligarchs and other issues were published online by a group called Distributed Denial of Secrets.
Russia Says He’s a Spy. His Lawyer Says He Just Wanted Photos of a Cathedral.
Paul N. Whelan, a former United States Marine, was arrested after being given a thumb drive of state secrets, believing it to contain vacation pictures, his lawyer says.