The film, set in 1971, centers on The Washington Post's editor Ben Bradlee (Hanks) and its publisher Kay Graham (Streep) as they face off against the U.S. government over the publication of the «Pentagon Papers,» a series of classified
military documents leaked to the press by a military analyst.
Not exact matches
The story focuses on the Pentagon Papers —
documents that
military analyst Daniel Ellsberg
leaked that looked at US involvement in Vietnam spanning four presidents — and how the press, and The Washington Post in particular, brought the information to the American public.
Assange, who denies the rape allegations, fears that if he is arrested he will be handed over to the United States to face prosecution over WikiLeaks» publication of thousands of classified
military and diplomatic
documents in one of the largest information
leaks in U.S. history.
The Justice Department has been weighing bringing criminal charges against WikiLeaks, which
leaked top secret diplomatic cables and
military documents in 2010 and disclosed CIA hacking tools in March.
And according to a top - secret National Security Agency
document leaked to the Intercept and published earlier this month, hackers associated with Russia's
military intelligence agency targeted a company with information on US voting software days before the election and used the data to launch «voter - registration - themed» cyberattacks on local government officials.
The report was bolstered by a
leaked NSA
document published by The Intercept earlier this month detailing how hackers connected to Russian
military intelligence had attempted to breach US voting systems days before the election.
Federal prosecutors are weighing whether to bring criminal charges against members of the WikiLeaks organization, taking a second look at a 2010
leak of diplomatic cables and
military documents and investigating whether the group bears criminal responsibility for the more recent revelation of sensitive CIA cyber-tools, according to people familiar with the case.
Documents detailing the inner workings of the Guantanamo
military prison camp have
leaked, and some of the contents are pretty disturbing.
However, we know from
leaked documents that Shell paid and encouraged the
military to step in to stop popular uprisings against oil exploitation, resulting in the suppression of dissent and deaths of local people.
The minister has therefore rejected reports in the media, based on
leaked documents, that government is seeking parliamentary approval for a US
military base to be established in the country.
Many Ghanaians who have read the content of the controversial
leaked confidential
document concluded it would allow the US to set up a
military base in the West African nation.
The film will see Spielberg directing Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep in a story about The Washington Post «s showdown with the United States government over the «Pentagon Papers,» a classified
military document that was
leaked to the press by
military analyst Daniel Ellsberg.
While the Oscar - winning documentary Citizenfour showed the real - life aftermath of Snowden's decision to
leak documents pertaining to the government's intrusive spying program, Snowden tells the computer analyst's story from his
military service after learning the depths of the NSA's surveillance.
After all, by now Chelsea Manning (who
leaked thousands upon thousands of classified
military documents to Assange's site) has been sentenced to 35 years, and Assange has spent the past few years as a recluse.
And indeed, the U.S. government was embarrassed by a string of
leaks of classified
documents,
military reports, and hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables that Wikileaks...
The iconic developer has been embroiled in controversy this week, after
leaked design
documents from inside Boss Key suggested that Radical Heights was originally intended to feature a generic modern
military setting but was changed to «x-treme» 1980's culture at the last minute on Bleszinski's insistence.
The sites were gathered and located using data which exists in the public domain, exposed and mobilized by Henner, including official US
military and veterans» websites, news articles, and both
leaked and official government
documents and reports.
The former
military intelligence analyst accused of
leaking hundreds of thousands of
documents to WikiLeaks has spent the last four days in a Maryland
military court, undergoing a hearing to determine whether or not his case will proceed to court - martial.