The Latest Breaking News from Edward Snowden

Lenore Taylor looks back at Guardian Australia’s first big scoop and its far-reaching repercussions

Despite some headway in protecting privacy, the surveillance state hasn’t gone away.

The law is clear. If you mishandle, distribute or disclose classified information you can get in big trouble. In the worst cases, as with Jack Teixeira, the 21-year-old Air National Guardsman who has been accused of divulging top secret national security documents, you can be arrested, charged under the Espionage…

The arrest of a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard for allegedly leaking classified intelligence material is a startling twist in a case that has damaged relations with allies, exposed concerns about the war in Ukraine, and provided other countries with valuable information about the United States' spying…

The subject matter may differ but the US government has been relentless in pursuing those accused of national security leaks

This latest cache of secret documents is yet another own goal by a pathologically confused security service, says barrister Frank Ledwidge

The stunning arrest of 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira on charges of illegally sharing U.S. intelligence has once again renewed questions on the handling of classified documents.

A post-9/11 switch from ‘need-to-know’ to ‘need-to-share’ explains why a low-level guardsman had access to such sensitive material

The establishment has tried to sanitize Ellsberg. But his lessons on the madness of war are even more relevant now