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A former National Security Agency contractor was indicted on Wednesday by a federal grand jury on charges he willfully retained national defense information, in what U.S. officials have said may have been the largest heist of classified government information in history. The indictment alleges that Harold Thomas Martin, 52, spent up to 20 years stealing highly sensitive government material from the U.S. intelligence community related to national defense, collecting a trove of secrets he hoarded at his home in Glen Burnie, Maryland. The government has not said what, if anything, Martin did with the stolen data. Martin faces 20 criminal...

WASHINGTON -- Security clearances were taken away from two federal anti-terrorism employees as investigators look into allegations they warned family and friends about the threat against the New York City subway system three days ahead of the official announcement. The workers were identified after government security officials began looking into the source for e-mails alluding to the threat that began circulating before New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg went public Oct. 6. Security in the transit network was ramped up based on an overseas informant's claim there was a plot to bomb the system. The e-mails apparently started with a...

Ex-Clinton aide admits taking classified docs from archives. The criminal investigation of former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger – accused of pocketing highly classified terrorism documents prior to the Sept. 11 Commission hearings – is now before a federal grand jury, according to an anonymous source with knowledge of the probe. "[Berger] has been interviewed several times by federal agents – FBI and prosecutors," the source told the New York Post. Department of Justice spokesman Mark Corallo did not return WorldNetDaily's call requesting comment. In October, a Justice spokesman told WND that a criminal investigation was ongoing, but he would...

Palace security review announced Home Secretary David Blunkett has announced a review of Buckingham Palace security following a lapse ahead of President Bush's visit. An undercover reporter worked for two months as a footman at the Palace after applying using a false reference. Mr Blunkett told the House of Commons that the Security Commission would conduct a thorough review. He said employment checks on the man were "insufficient" but appropriate criminal checks were carried out. Meanwhile Mr Bush carried on with his engagements, making a keynote speech at Banqueting House in London. In it, he defended the war on...