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{{Short description|Timeline of known US government security breaches}}
This page is a [[timeline]] of published security lapses in the United States government. These lapses are frequently referenced in congressional and non-governmental oversight. This article does not attempt to capture [[security vulnerabilities]].
This page is a [[timeline]] of published security lapses in the United States government. These lapses are frequently referenced in congressional and non-governmental oversight. This article does not attempt to capture [[security vulnerabilities]].


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[[Image:Mug shots of the 33 convicted members of the Duquesne spy ring (cropped).tif|right|thumb|The 33 convicted members of the Duquesne spy ring (FBI print)]]
[[Image:Mug shots of the 33 convicted members of the Duquesne spy ring (cropped).tif|right|thumb|The 33 convicted members of the Duquesne spy ring (FBI print)]]
{{main|Duquesne Spy Ring}}
{{main|Duquesne Spy Ring}}
* June 1941 - [[Fritz Joubert Duquesne]] (also known as "''The man who killed [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Kitchener]]''") was arrested by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) with two associates, on charges of relaying secret information on Allied weaponry and shipping movements to [[Nazi]] [[Germany]]. On January 2, 1942, 33 members of the ''[[Duquesne Spy Ring]]'', the largest espionage ring conviction in the history of the United States, were sentenced to serve a total of over 300 years in prison. [[William G. Sebold]], a [[double agent]], was instrumental to the capture and conviction. One German spymaster later commented that the ring’s roundup delivered ‘the death blow’ to their [[espionage]] efforts in the United States. The 1945 film ''[[The House on 92nd Street]]'' was a thinly disguised version of the uncovering of this spy ring.
* June 1941 – [[Fritz Joubert Duquesne]] (also known as "''The man who killed [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Kitchener]]''") was arrested by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) with two associates, on charges of relaying secret information on [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] weaponry and shipping movements to [[Nazi]] [[Germany]]. On January 2, 1942, 33 members of the ''[[Duquesne Spy Ring]]'', the largest espionage ring conviction in the history of the United States, were sentenced to serve a total of over 300 years in prison. [[William G. Sebold]], a [[double agent]], was instrumental to the capture and conviction. One ''[[Abwehr]]'' [[spymaster]] later commented that the ring's roundup delivered ‘the death blow’ to their [[espionage]] efforts in the United States. The 1945 film ''[[The House on 92nd Street]]'' was a thinly disguised version of the uncovering of this spy ring.


=== 1950s ===
=== 1950s ===
* July 1950 - [[Alfred Sarant]] was interviewed and released by the FBI. He and [[Joel Barr]] were recruited in November 1944 by [[Julius Rosenberg]] for the Soviet Union to spy at the [[United States Army Signal Corps]] laboratories, where they worked. They both escaped to the [[Eastern Bloc]].
* July 1950 – [[Alfred Sarant]] was interviewed and released by the FBI. He and [[Joel Barr]] were recruited in November 1944 by [[Julius Rosenberg]] for the Soviet Union to spy at the [[United States Army Signal Corps]] laboratories, where they worked. They both escaped to the [[Eastern Bloc]].
* March 1950 – [[Klaus Fuchs]] was convicted in the [[United Kingdom]] of espionage for the [[Soviet Union]] between 1941 and 1949. During that time he became a [[British nationality law|British citizen]] and worked in the United States at the [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]] and later in England at the [[Harwell Atomic Energy Research Establishment]].

* March 1950 - [[Klaus Fuchs]] was convicted in England of espionage for the Soviet Union from 1941–1949. During that time he became a British citizen and worked in the United States at [[Los Alamos National Laboratory|Los Alamos]] and later in England at the [[Harwell Atomic Energy Research Establishment]].
* ca 1950 – [[David Greenglass]] confessed to and was convicted of espionage. He was recruited by his in-laws, [[Julius and Ethel Rosenberg]] to provide secrets from [[Los Alamos National Laboratory|Los Alamos]] from 1944–1946.
* 1951 – [[Theodore Hall]] was interviewed by the FBI for handing atomic weapons secrets to the Soviet Union. He was not prosecuted, but later admitted to giving secrets to the Soviet Union.

* ca 1950 - [[David Greenglass]] confessed to and was convicted of espionage. He was recruited by his in-laws, [[Julius and Ethel Rosenberg]] to provide secrets from [[Los Alamos National Laboratory|Los Alamos]] from 1944–1946.

* 1951 - [[Theodore Hall]] was interviewed by the FBI for handing atomic weapons secrets to the Soviet Union. He was not prosecuted, but later admitted to giving secrets to the Soviet Union.


=== 1970s ===
=== 1970s ===


* January 1977 - [[Christopher John Boyce]] (born February 16, 1953) was convicted of spying against the United States for the Soviet Union. He was arrested in January 1977 for selling U.S. spy satellite secrets to the Soviet Union. Boyce was convicted in April of espionage and sentenced to 40 years in prison at the federal penitentiary in Lompoc, California. On January 21, 1980, Boyce escaped from Lompoc. While a fugitive, Boyce carried out 17 bank robberies in Idaho and Washington state. Boyce did not believe he could live as a fugitive forever and began to study aviation in an attempt to flee to the Soviet Union, where he would accept a commission as an officer in the Soviet Armed Forces. On August 28, 1981, Boyce was arrested while eating in his car outside "The Pit Stop," a drive-in restaurant in Port Angeles, WA.
* January 1977 – [[Christopher John Boyce]] (born February 16, 1953) was convicted of spying against the United States for the Soviet Union. He was arrested in January 1977 for selling U.S. spy satellite secrets to the Soviet Union. Boyce was convicted in April of espionage and sentenced to 40 years in prison at the [[Federal Correctional Institution, Lompoc]]. On January 21, 1980, Boyce escaped from Lompoc. While a fugitive, Boyce carried out 17 [[Bank robbery|bank robberies]] in [[Idaho]] and [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. Boyce did not believe he could live as a fugitive forever and began to study aviation in an attempt to flee to the Soviet Union, where he would accept a commission as an officer in the [[Soviet Armed Forces]]. On August 28, 1981, Boyce was arrested while eating in his car outside "The Pit Stop," a [[Drive-in|drive-in restaurant]] in [[Port Angeles, Washington]].


=== 1980s ===
=== 1980s ===
* October 1980 - [[David Henry Barnett]], a retired [[CIA]] officer pleaded guilty to espionage charges, admitting that he had sold CIA secrets to the Soviets. He was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment and was paroled in 1990. He died on November 19, 1993.
* October 1980 – [[David Henry Barnett]], a retired [[CIA]] officer pleaded guilty to espionage charges, admitting that he had sold CIA secrets to the Soviets. He was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment and was paroled in 1990. He died on November 19, 1993.
* May 1985 – [[John Anthony Walker]], a retired [[United States Navy|United States Naval]] [[Chief Warrant Officer]] was arrested for selling encryption information and other classified documents to the Soviet Union, starting in 1967. He was convicted of espionage and died in prison in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.usni.org/2014/09/02/john-walker-spy-ring-u-s-navys-biggest-betrayal|title=The John Walker Spy Ring and The U.S. Navy's Biggest Betrayal – USNI News|date=2014-09-02|work=USNI News|access-date=2017-03-24|language=en-US}}</ref>

* June 1986 – [[Jonathan Jay Pollard]], a United States Naval civilian [[Intelligence (information gathering)|intelligence]] analyst was convicted on one count of [[spying]] for [[Israel]], receiving a [[life sentence]] with a recommendation against [[parole]].
* May 1985 - [[John Anthony Walker]], a retired [[United States Navy|United States Naval]] [[Chief Warrant Officer]] was arrested for selling encryption information and other classified documents to the Soviet Union, starting in 1967. He was convicted of espionage and is serving a sentence in a federal prison.
* August 1988 – [[Clyde Lee Conrad]], a member of the [[United States military]] was arrested for selling [[NATO]] defense plans to [[Hungarian People's Republic|Hungary]] from 1974 to 1988. He was convicted by a German court of treason and espionage in 1990 and died in prison.

* June 1986 - [[Jonathan Jay Pollard]], a United States Naval civilian [[Intelligence (information gathering)|intelligence]] analyst was convicted on one count of [[spying]] for [[Israel]], receiving a [[life sentence]] with a recommendation against [[parole]].

* August 1988 - [[Clyde Lee Conrad]], a member of the [[United States military]] was arrested for selling [[NATO]] defense plans to Hungary from 1974 to 1988. He was convicted by a German court of treason and espionage in 1990 and died in prison.


=== 1990s ===
=== 1990s ===


* June 1990 - Ronald Hoffman was arrested for selling classified software that he developed for [[Science Applications International Corporation]] under a contract for the [[United States Air Force]] to foreign companies. He was convicted in 1992 of violations of the Arms Export Control Act and the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act and was sentenced to 30 months in prison.<ref name="dss">
* June 1990 – Ronald Hoffman was arrested for exporting unclassified [[software]] that he developed for [[Science Applications International Corporation]] under a contract for the [[United States Air Force]] to foreign companies. He was convicted in 1992 of violations of the [[Arms Export Control Act]] and the [[Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act]].
* February 1991 – Charles Lee Francis Anzalone, a [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]] [[corporal]], was arrested for attempted espionage after passing documents and a security badge to an FBI agent posing as a [[KGB]] intelligence officer. He was convicted in May and sentenced to 15 years in prison for this and other charges.<ref name="dss">{{Citation
{{Citation
|url = http://www.dss.mil/training/espionage/Names.htm|title = Espionage Cases 1975–2004|accessdate = 2006-02-19|author = Defense Personnel Security Research Center|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060204232607/http://www.dss.mil/training/espionage/Names.htm|archivedate = February 4, 2006}}</ref>
|url=http://www.dss.mil/training/espionage/Names.htm
|title=Espionage Cases 1975–2004
|accessdate=2006-02-19
|author=Defense Personnel Security Research Center
|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20060204232607/http://www.dss.mil/training/espionage/Names.htm |archivedate = February 4, 2006}}</ref>

* February 1991 - Charles Lee Francis Anzalone, a [[Corporal]] in the [[United States Marines]], was arrested for attempted espionage after passing documents and a security badge to an FBI agent posing as a KGB intelligence officer. He was convicted in May and sentenced to 15 years in prison for this and other charges.<ref name="dss"/>

* April 1991 - [[Jeffrey Carney]] was arrested for providing classified documents to the East German government between 1982 and 1984, while stationed in Berlin with the [[United States Air Force]]. He deserted and defected to [[East Germany]] in 1985. He pleaded guilty to espionage, conspiracy, and desertion and was sentenced to 38 years in prison, but was released after 11 years.<ref name="dss"/>
* March 1991 - [[Albert T. Sombolay]] was arrested and admitted to providing military information regarding the [[Operation Desert Shield (Gulf War)|Desert Shield]] deployment, military identification cards, and chemical weapons equipment to [[Jordan]], while he was stationed in [[Germany]]. He was a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Zaire. He was sentenced to 34 years of hard labor.<ref name="dss"/>

* May 1992 - Virginia Jean Baynes was convicted of passing [[Classified information|Secret]] documents to the [[Philippines]] via [[Joseph Garfield Brown]] while she was a Secretary with the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] in [[Manila]].<ref name="dss"/>

* February 1993 - [[Frederick Christopher Hamilton]] pled guilty to passing [[Classified information|Secret]] intelligence reports regarding [[Peru]] to [[Ecuador]] in 1991 while stationed in [[Peru]] with the [[Defense Intelligence Agency]]. He pled guilty to two counts of unlawfully communicating classified information to a foreign country and was sentenced to 37 months in prison.<ref name="dss"/>

* August 1993 - [[Geneva Jones]] was indicted for theft of government property and transmission of defense information to unauthorized persons. While a secretary in with the [[State Department]], she passed classified documents to a West African journalist friend [[Dominic Ntube]], who then passed some of them to [[Liberia]]n rebels. In 1994, she pled guilty to 21 counts of theft and 2 counts of unlawful communication of national defense information. She was sentenced to 37 months in prison.<ref name="dss"/>

* May 1993 - [[Steven John Lalas]] was charged with passing sensitive military information to [[Greece]] between 1991 and 1993 while working for the [[State Department]]. He passed hundreds of highly [[classified information|classified]] documents between 1991 and 1993. He was of Greek descent, but was born in the [[United States]]. In June, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit espionage and was sentenced to 14 years in prison.<ref name="dss"/>

* February 1994 - [[Aldrich Hazen Ames]] was charged with providing highly [[classified information]] since 1985 to the [[Soviet Union]] and then [[Russia]]. The information he passed led to the execution of at least 9 United States agents in Russia. In April, he and his wife both pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit espionage and to tax evasion. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole on the espionage charges, and 63 months in prison on the tax evasion charges.<ref name="dss"/>

* May 1995 - [[John Douglas Charlton]] was arrested and indicted for 10 counts of attempting to sell [[Classified information|Secret]] [[United States Navy]] documents in 1993. He took the document from [[Lockheed Corporation]] before his retirement in 1989. In 1996, he pleaded guilty to 2 counts of attempted transfer of defense information. He was sentenced to two years in prison without parole followed by 5 years of probation.<ref name="dss"/>

* May 1995 - Michael Stephen Schwartz was charged with 4 counts of espionage and 5 counts of taking classified material to his residence. He passed [[Classified information|Secret]] [[NOFORN]] classified material to [[Saudi Arabia]] between 1992 and 1994, while stationed in [[Riyadh]] with the [[United States Navy]]. In October, he agreed to a plea bargain that gave him an [[other than honorable discharge]].<ref name="dss"/>

* February 1996 - [[Robert Lipka]] ([[:ru:Липка, Роберт Стефен|rus]]) was charged with committing espionage while working in the [[United States Military]] at the [[National Security Agency]] from 1964 to 1967. He passed [[Classified information|Top Secret]] information to the [[Soviet Union]]. In 1997, he pleaded guilty to espionage and was sentenced to 18 years in prison.<ref name="dss"/>

* April 1996 - [[Kurt G. Lessenthien]], a petty officer in the [[United States Navy]] was charged with attempted espionage for offering [[Classified information|Top Secret]] submarine information to the [[Soviet Union]]. As part of a plea agreement, he was sentenced to 27 years in military prison.<ref name="dss"/>

* August 1996 - [[Phillip Tyler Seldon]] pleaded guilty to passing [[Classified information|Secret]] documents to [[El Salvador]] while a captain in the [[United States Army]]. He was sentenced to two years in prison.<ref name="dss"/>

* September 1996 - [[Robert Chaegun Kim]], a civilian at the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] was charged with passing [[classified information]] to [[South Korea]], his country of birth. In 1997, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit espionage and was sentenced to 9 years in prison.<ref name="dss"/>

* November 1996 - [[Harold James Nicholson]] was arrested while attempting to take [[Classified information|Top Secret]] documents out of the country. He began spying for [[Russia]] in 1994. He was a senior-ranking [[Central Intelligence Agency]] officer. In 1997, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to more than 23 years in prison.<ref name="dss"/>

* December 1996 - [[Earl Edwin Pitts]] was charged with providing [[Classified information|Top Secret]] documents to the [[Soviet Union]] and then [[Russia]] from 1987 until 1992. In 1997, he pleaded guilty to two counts of espionage and was sentenced to 27 years in prison.<ref name="dss"/>


* April 1991 – [[Jeffrey Carney]] was arrested for providing classified documents to the [[Stasi]] between 1982 and 1984, while stationed in [[West Berlin]] with the [[United States Air Force]]. He deserted and defected to [[East Germany]] in 1985. He pleaded guilty to espionage, conspiracy, and desertion and was sentenced to 38 years in prison, but was released after 11 years.<ref name="dss"/>
* December 1996 - Several days after [[John M. Deutch]] left the position of [[Director of Central Intelligence]], classified information was found on an unclassified computer at his home. Further investigation showed that he knowingly processed classified information regarding covert actions, [[Top Secret]] [[Sensitive Compartmented Information]] and the [[National Reconnaissance Program]] on unclassified computers connected to the Internet at his homes and office. In 1999, [[Attorney General]] [[Janet Reno]] declined to prosecute him.<ref>
* March 1991 – [[Albert T. Sombolay]] was arrested and admitted to providing military information regarding the [[Operation Desert Shield (Gulf War)|Desert Shield]] deployment, military identification cards, and [[Chemical weapon|chemical weapons]] equipment to [[Jordan]], while he was stationed in [[Germany]]. He was a naturalized U.S. citizen born in [[Zaire]]. He was sentenced to 34 years of hard labor.<ref name="dss"/>
* May 1992 – Virginia Jean Baynes was convicted of passing [[Classified information|secret]] documents to the [[Philippines]] via [[Joseph Garfield Brown]] while she was a Secretary with the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] in [[Manila]].<ref name="dss"/>
* February 1993 – [[Frederick Christopher Hamilton]] pleaded guilty to passing [[Classified information|secret]] intelligence reports regarding [[Peru]] to [[Ecuador]] in 1991 while stationed in [[Peru]] with the [[Defense Intelligence Agency]]. He pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawfully communicating classified information to a foreign country and was sentenced to 37 months in prison.<ref name="dss"/>
* August 1993 – [[Geneva Jones]] was indicted for theft of government property and transmission of defense information to unauthorized persons. While a secretary in with the [[State Department]], she passed classified documents to a West African journalist friend [[Dominic Ntube]], who then passed some of them to [[Liberia]]n rebels. In 1994, she pleaded guilty to 21 counts of theft and 2 counts of unlawful communication of national defense information. She was sentenced to 37 months in prison.<ref name="dss"/>
* May 1993 – [[Steven John Lalas]] was charged with passing sensitive military information to [[Greece]] between 1991 and 1993 while working for the [[State Department]]. He passed hundreds of highly [[classified information|classified]] documents between 1991 and 1993. He was of Greek descent, but was born in the [[United States]]. In June, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit espionage and was sentenced to 14 years in prison.<ref name="dss"/>
* February 1994 – [[Aldrich Hazen Ames]] was charged with providing highly [[classified information]] since 1985 to the [[Soviet Union]] and later the [[Russia|Russian Federation]]. The information he passed led to the execution of at least 9 United States agents in Russia. In April, he and his wife both pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit espionage and to tax evasion. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole on the espionage charges, and 63 months in prison on the tax evasion charges.<ref name="dss"/>
* May 1995 – [[John Douglas Charlton]] was arrested and indicted for 10 counts of attempting to sell [[Classified information|Secret]] [[United States Navy]] documents in 1993. He took the document from [[Lockheed Corporation]] before his retirement in 1989. In 1996, he pleaded guilty to 2 counts of attempted transfer of defense information. He was sentenced to two years in prison without parole followed by 5 years of probation.<ref name="dss"/>
* May 1995 – Michael Stephen Schwartz was charged with 4 counts of espionage and 5 counts of taking classified material to his residence. He passed [[Classified information|Secret]] [[NOFORN]] classified material to [[Saudi Arabia]] between 1992 and 1994, while stationed in [[Riyadh]] with the [[United States Navy]]. In October, he agreed to a plea bargain that gave him an [[other than honorable discharge]].<ref name="dss"/>
* February 1996 – [[Robert Lipka]] ([[:ru:Липка, Роберт Стефен|rus]]) was charged with committing espionage while working in the [[United States Military]] at the [[National Security Agency]] from 1964 to 1967. He passed [[Classified information|Top Secret]] information to the [[Soviet Union]]. In 1997, he pleaded guilty to espionage and was sentenced to 18 years in prison.<ref name="dss"/>
* April 1996 – [[Kurt G. Lessenthien]], a petty officer in the [[United States Navy]] was charged with attempted espionage for offering [[Classified information|Top Secret]] submarine information to the [[Soviet Union]]. As part of a plea agreement, he was sentenced to 27 years in military prison.<ref name="dss"/>
* August 1996 – [[Phillip Tyler Seldon]] pleaded guilty to passing [[Classified information|Secret]] documents to [[El Salvador]] while a captain in the [[United States Army]]. He was sentenced to two years in prison.<ref name="dss"/>
* September 1996 – [[Robert Chaegun Kim]], a civilian at the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] was charged with passing [[classified information]] to [[South Korea]], his country of birth. In 1997, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit espionage and was sentenced to 9 years in prison.<ref name="dss"/>
* November 1996 – [[Harold James Nicholson]] was arrested while attempting to take [[Classified information|Top Secret]] documents out of the country. He began spying for [[Russia]] in 1994. He was a senior-ranking [[Central Intelligence Agency]] officer. In 1997, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to more than 23 years in prison.<ref name="dss"/>
* December 1996 – [[Earl Edwin Pitts]] was charged with providing [[Classified information|Top Secret]] documents to the [[Soviet Union]] and then [[Russia]] from 1987 until 1992. In 1997, he pleaded guilty to two counts of espionage and was sentenced to 27 years in prison.<ref name="dss"/>
* December 1996 – Several days after [[John M. Deutch]] left the position of [[Director of Central Intelligence]], classified information was found on an unclassified computer at his home. Further investigation showed that he knowingly processed classified information regarding covert actions, [[Top Secret]] [[Sensitive Compartmented Information]] and the [[National Reconnaissance Program]] on unclassified computers connected to the Internet at his homes and office. In 1999, [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] [[Janet Reno]] declined to prosecute him.<ref>
{{Citation
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|title=Improper Handling of Classified Information by John M. Deutch
|title=Improper Handling of Classified Information by John M. Deutch
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* December 1997 - [[Peter H. Lee]] turned himself in and pleaded guilty to a felony count of passing national defense information for sharing [[classified information]] on [[hohlraums]] on a visit to the [[People's Republic of China]] while working for [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]].<ref name="dss"/>
* December 1997 – [[Peter H. Lee]] turned himself in and pleaded guilty to a felony count of passing national defense information for sharing [[classified information]] on [[hohlraums]] on a visit to the [[People's Republic of China]] while working for [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]].<ref name="dss"/>
* April 1998 – FBI arrested ex-CIA employee [[Douglas Frederick Groat]] on charges of espionage. After being fired from the [[Central Intelligence Agency]], he allegedly gave [[classified information]] to foreign governments. He pleaded guilty to attempted [[extortion]].<ref name="dss"/>

* April 1998 - FBI arrested ex-CIA employee [[Douglas Frederick Groat]] on charges of espionage. After being fired from the [[Central Intelligence Agency]], he allegedly gave [[classified information]] to foreign governments. He pled guilty to attempted [[extortion]].<ref name="dss"/>
* October 1998 – [[David Sheldon Boone]] was charged with selling [[Classified information|Top Secret]] documents to the [[Soviet Union]] from 1988 to 1991, which he had access to, as a member of the [[United States Army]] working for the [[National Security Agency]] in Germany. He later pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit espionage.<ref name="dss"/>
* December 1999 – [[Wen Ho Lee]] is accused of espionage at [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]]. He later pleaded guilty to improper handling of [[Secret Restricted Data]] and was sentenced to time served.

* October 1998 - [[David Sheldon Boone]] was charged with selling [[Classified information|Top Secret]] documents to the [[Soviet Union]] from 1988 to 1991, which he had access to, as a member of the [[United States Army]] working for the [[National Security Agency]] in Germany. He later pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit espionage.<ref name="dss"/>

* December 1999 - [[Wen Ho Lee]] is accused of espionage at [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]]. He later pleaded guilty to improper handling of [[Secret Restricted Data]] and was sentenced to time served.


=== 2000s ===
=== 2000s ===


* February 2000 - [[Mariano Faget]], a [[naturalized citizen]] working for the [[Immigration and Naturalization Service]] was arrested for passing [[classified information]] to [[Cuba]]. He was sentenced in 2001 to 5 years in prison for disclosing classified information and other related charges.<ref name="dss"/>
* February 2000 – [[Mariano Faget]], a [[naturalized citizen]] working for the [[Immigration and Naturalization Service]] was arrested for passing [[classified information]] to [[Cuba]]. He was sentenced in 2001 to 5 years in prison for disclosing classified information and other related charges.<ref name="dss"/>
* April 2000 – [[Timothy Steven Smith]] was charged with espionage after being caught stealing disks and five [[Classified information|Confidential]] documents from a ship in the [[United States Pacific Fleet|Pacific Fleet]]. He pleaded guilty to stealing government property and assaulting an officer and was convicted to 260 days in prison, including time served.<ref name="dss"/>

* April 2000 - [[Timothy Steven Smith]] was charged with espionage after being caught stealing disks and five [[Classified information|Confidential]] documents from a ship in the [[United States Pacific Fleet|Pacific Fleet]]. He pled guilty to stealing government property and assaulting an officer and was convicted to 260 days in prison, including time served.<ref name="dss"/>
* June 2000 – [[George Trofimoff]], a naturalized citizen of Russian parents, was arrested for spying for the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Russia]] since about 1969. Having retired as a colonel in the [[United States Army Reserve]], he was the highest-ranking military officer ever accused of spying. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.<ref name="dss"/>
* February 2001 – [[Robert Philip Hanssen]] was arrested for spying for the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Russia]] for most of his 27 years with the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]. He passed thousands of pages of classified documents on nuclear war defenses and [[Sensitive Compartmented Information]] and exposed three Russian agents of the United States, two of whom were tried and executed. He pleaded guilty to espionage and was sentenced to life in prison.<ref name="dss"/>

* June 2000 - [[George Trofimoff]], a naturalized citizen of Russian parents, was arrested for spying for the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Russia]] since about 1969. Having retired as a colonel in the [[United States Army Reserve]], he was the highest-ranking military officer ever accused of spying. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.<ref name="dss"/>
* August 2001 – [[Brian Patrick Regan]], a contractor for [[TRW Inc.|TRW]] working at the [[National Reconnaissance Office]] was arrested for attempting to sell [[Classified information|Top Secret]] [[Sensitive Compartmented Information]] to foreign governments. He was convicted of attempting to sell [[classified information]] to [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]] and [[China]] and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.<ref name="dss"/>
* September 2001 – [[Ana Belen Montes]], a senior intelligence analyst with the [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] passed classified military and intelligence information to [[Cuba]] for at least 16 years. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in prison and 5 years of probation.<ref name="dss"/>

* 2002 – The [[Office of Inspector General (United States)|Department of Justice Inspector General]] reported that 212 functional weapons, 142 inoperable training weapons, and 317 laptop computers were lost, missing, or stolen during a 28-month review period.<ref name="a0718"/>
* February 2001 - [[Robert Philip Hanssen]] was arrested for spying for the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Russia]] for most of his 27 years with the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]. He passed thousands of pages of classified documents on nuclear war defenses and [[Sensitive Compartmented Information]] and exposed three Russian agents of the United States, two of whom were tried and executed. He pleaded guilty to espionage and was sentenced to life in prison.<ref name="dss"/>
* March 2003 – Eighteen-year-old [[Adil Yahya Zakaria Shakour]] breached network security at [[Sandia National Laboratories]] and defaced an [[Eglin Air Force Base]] web site. Shakour is a Pakistani citizen living in the United States. He pleaded guilty to [[Computer fraud|computer]] and [[credit card fraud]] charges.<ref>

* August 2001 - [[Brian Patrick Regan]], a contractor for [[TRW Inc.|TRW]] working at the [[National Reconnaissance Office]] was arrested for attempting to sell [[Classified information|Top Secret]] [[Sensitive Compartmented Information]] to foreign governments. He was convicted of attempting to sell [[classified information]] to [[Iraq]] and [[China]] and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.<ref name="dss"/>

* September 2001 - [[Ana Belen Montes]], a senior intelligence analyst with the [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] passed classified military and intelligence information to [[Cuba]] for at least 16 years. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in prison and 5 years of probation.<ref name="dss"/>

* 2002 - The Department of Justice Inspector General reported that 212 functional weapons, 142 inoperable training weapons, and 317 laptop computers were lost, missing, or stolen during a 28-month review period.<ref name="a0718"/>

* March 2003 - 18 year-old [[Adil Yahya Zakaria Shakour]] breached network security at [[Sandia National Laboratories]] and defaced an [[Eglin Air Force Base]] web site. Shakour is a Pakistani citizen living in the United States. He pleaded guilty to computer and credit card fraud charges.<ref>
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* April 2003 - A security officer at [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]] loses an electronic access badge. The loss is reported to an immediate supervisor, but senior Livermore managers are not notified until late May, at which point the badge was deactivated.<ref name="hpcwire">
* April 2003 – A security officer at [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]] lost an electronic access badge. The loss was reported to an immediate supervisor, but senior Livermore managers were not notified until late May, at which point the badge was deactivated.<ref name="HPC Wire">{{Citation|journal=HPC Wire |publisher=Tabor Communications |title=DOE REVIEWS LIVERMORE LAB: SECURITY UNACCEPTABLE |date=2003-06-06 |volume=12 |url=http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/hpcwireWWW/03/0606/105187.html |issue=22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928004401/http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/hpcwireWWW/03/0606/105187.html |archive-date=September 28, 2007 }}
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* April 2003 - Security officers at [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]] discover that a set of keys to the gates of the laboratory are missing. Locks are changed.<ref name="hpcwire"/>
* April 2003 – Security officers at [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]] discovered that a set of keys to the gates of the weapons laboratory was missing. The locks were changed.<ref name="HPC Wire"/>
* February 2004 – [[Ryan Gilbert Anderson]], a member of the [[Washington National Guard]] was charged with 5 counts of attempting to provide aid and information to [[Al Qaeda]]. A court martial sentenced him to life in prison.<ref name="dss"/>

* 16 July 2004 – [[Sandia National Laboratories]] announced that they had located a classified [[floppy disk]] that had been discovered missing on June 30 during a routine inventory. It was missing because it was improperly transferred to a different organization at the lab.<ref>
* February 2004 - [[Ryan Gilbert Anderson]], a member of the [[Washington National Guard]] was charged with 5 counts of attempting to provide aid and information to [[Al Qaeda]]. A court martial sentenced him to life in prison.<ref name="dss"/>

* 16 July 2004 - [[Sandia National Laboratories]] announced that they had located a classified floppy disk that had been discovered missing on June 30 during a routine inventory. It was missing because it was improperly transferred to a different organization at the lab.<ref>
{{Citation
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* October 2006 - A drug-related investigation at a private residence found classified documents and a thumb drive containing classified information, all from Los Alamos National Laboratory, at the home of [[Jessica Quintana]], a former subcontractor to the laboratory.<ref>
* October 2006 – A drug-related investigation at a private residence found classified documents and a [[USB flash drive|thumb drive]] containing classified information, all from [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]], at the home of [[Jessica Quintana]], a former subcontractor to the laboratory.<ref>
{{Citation
{{Citation
|url=http://www.ig.energy.gov/documents/FOIA_F2006-00706.pdf
|url=https://fas.org/sgp/othergov/doe/ig-lanl2006.pdf
|title=Selected Controls over Classified Information at Los Alamos National Laboratory
|title=Selected Controls over Classified Information at Los Alamos National Laboratory
|author=U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Inspector General, Office of Audit Services
|author=U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Inspector General, Office of Audit Services
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}}</ref>


* December 2006 - Petty Officer [[Ariel Weinmann]] of the [[United States Navy]] pleaded guilty to espionage, desertion and other charges. His case is notable as an [[espionage]] case where the Navy and trial court officials have denied access to basic information, including the court docket.
* December 2006 – Petty Officer [[Ariel Weinmann]] of the [[United States Navy]] pleaded guilty to espionage, desertion and other charges. His case is notable as an [[espionage]] case where the Navy and trial court officials have denied access to basic information, including the court docket.
* February 2007 – The Department of Justice Inspector General reported that "over a 44-month period the FBI reported 160 weapons and 160 laptop computers as lost or stolen."<ref name="a0718">

* February 2007 - The Department of Justice Inspector General reported that "over a 44-month period the FBI reported 160 weapons and 160 laptop computers as lost or stolen."<ref name="a0718">
{{Citation
{{Citation
|url = http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/reports/FBI/a0718/final.pdf
|url = http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/reports/FBI/a0718/final.pdf
|title = The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Control Over Weapons and Laptop Computers Follow-up Audit
|title = The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Control Over Weapons and Laptop Computers Follow-up Audit
|author = U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General Audit Division
|author = U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General Audit Division
|date = 2007-2
|date = February 2007
|issue = Audit Report 07–18
|issue = Audit Report 07–18
}}</ref>
}}</ref>

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* ca 2004 - At DOE's Y-12 facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 250 keys were missing, some opening sensitive areas.
* ca 2004 - At DOE's Y-12 facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 250 keys were missing, some opening sensitive areas.
http://www.trivalleycares.org/newsletters/cwjan04.asp
http://www.trivalleycares.org/newsletters/cwjan04.asp


* ca 2004 - At [[Sandia National Laboratories]], a set of master keys that could get someone to the glass doors leading to the nuclear reactors went missing for a week. This security problem was not reported, nor were the locks changed at that time.
* ca 2004 - At [[Sandia National Laboratories]], a set of master keys that could get someone to the glass doors leading to the nuclear reactors went missing for a week. This security problem was not reported, nor were the locks changed at that time.
http://www.trivalleycares.org/newsletters/cwjan04.asp
http://www.trivalleycares.org/newsletters/cwjan04.asp


* unknown - A van from a classified area crashed through perimeter fences at [[Sandia National Laboratories]] and was found the next day in a department store parking lot. A computer containing classified information also disappeared at the same time.
* unknown – A van from a classified area crashed through perimeter fences at [[Sandia National Laboratories]] and was found the next day in a department store parking lot. A computer containing classified information also disappeared at the same time.
http://www.trivalleycares.org/newsletters/cwjan04.asp
http://www.trivalleycares.org/newsletters/cwjan04.asp


* 2003 - A DOE Inspector General document reports a dozen sets of missing master keys at [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]] capable of opening 100,000 locks on site. Included were two master keys that had gone missing for at least three years and another master key and two master key cards that had been missing for an "indeterminate period." The DOE Inspector General's report further criticized Livermore officials for not recognizing that the Lab had experienced a "double failure," defined as simultaneously missing keys to two primary types of security locks protecting the same area. Worse, oversight inspections failed to uncover the lost keys, and, since 2000, Livermore Lab has received "satisfactory" performance ratings in the area of "key control and inventory." Overall, Livermore received an "effective performance" rating for its physical security systems ensuring timely performance fees and bonuses despite the missing keys. The Inspector General’s report that concluded there can be "little doubt that the level of security afforded [sensitive/classified] areas was adversely affected."
* 2003 – A DOE Inspector General document reports a dozen sets of missing master keys at [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]] capable of opening 100,000 locks on site. Included were two master keys that had gone missing for at least three years and another master key and two master key cards that had been missing for an "indeterminate period." The DOE Inspector General's report further criticized Livermore officials for not recognizing that the Lab had experienced a "double failure," defined as simultaneously missing keys to two primary types of security locks protecting the same area. Worse, oversight inspections failed to uncover the lost keys, and, since 2000, Livermore Lab has received "satisfactory" performance ratings in the area of "key control and inventory." Overall, Livermore received an "effective performance" rating for its physical security systems ensuring timely performance fees and bonuses despite the missing keys. The Inspector General’s report that concluded there can be "little doubt that the level of security afforded [sensitive/classified] areas was adversely affected."
http://www.trivalleycares.org/newsletters/cwjan04.asp
http://www.trivalleycares.org/newsletters/cwjan04.asp


* unknown - At [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]] 10 computer disks containing classified information are missing
* unknown – At [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]] 10 computer disks containing classified information are missing
http://www.trivalleycares.org/newsletters/cwjan04.asp
http://www.trivalleycares.org/newsletters/cwjan04.asp

* unknown – At [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]] one classified hard drive was not entered into the inventory at Livermore, six classified desktop computers shipped to other facilities were still listed in Lab records and computer equipment belonging to the Lab’s nuclear emergency search team was being inventoried by only one employee not two, as required by DOE policy.
http://www.trivalleycares.org/newsletters/cwjan04.asp
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===2010s===
* unknown - At [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]] one classified hard drive was not entered into the inventory at Livermore, six classified desktop computers shipped to other facilities were still listed in Lab records and computer equipment belonging to the Lab’s nuclear emergency search team was being inventoried by only one employee not two, as required by DOE policy.
* June 2015 – [[United States Office of Personnel Management]] (OPM) announced that it had been the target of a [[Office of Personnel Management data breach|data breach targeting personnel records]].<ref name=wsj>{{cite web | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-suspects-hackers-in-china-behind-government-data-breach-sources-say-1433451888 | title=U.S. Suspects Hackers in China Breached About four (4) Million People's Records, Officials Say | work=Wall Street Journal | date=5 June 2015 | access-date=5 June 2015 | author=Barrett, Devlin}}</ref> Approximately 22.1 million records were affected, including records related to government employees, other people who had undergone background checks, and their friends and family.<ref name="reuters20150709">{{Cite web | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cybersecurity-usa-idUSKCN0PJ2M420150709 | title=Estimate of Americans hit by government personnel data hack skyrockets | work=[[Reuters]] | first1=Patricia | last1=Zengerle | first2=Megan | last2=Cassella | date=2015-07-09 | access-date=2015-07-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Nakashima |first1=Ellen |title=Hacks of OPM databases compromised 22.1 million people, federal authorities say|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/federal-eye/wp/2015/07/09/hack-of-security-clearance-system-affected-21-5-million-people-federal-authorities-say/ |access-date=19 July 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=9 July 2015}}</ref>
http://www.trivalleycares.org/newsletters/cwjan04.asp
* April 29, 2017 – In a phone call, President [[Donald Trump]] told [[Philippines]] President [[Rodrigo Duterte]] about two US [[nuclear submarine]]s positioned off the coast of [[North Korea]]. At this time, Trump was warning of a possible "major, major conflict" with North Korea.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-submarines/trump-tells-duterte-of-two-u-s-nuclear-subs-in-korean-waters-nyt-idUSKBN18K15Y|title=Trump tells Duterte of two U.S. nuclear subs in Korean waters: NYT|date=May 24, 2017|work=Reuters|access-date=16 August 2018|archive-date=August 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023244/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-submarines/trump-tells-duterte-of-two-u-s-nuclear-subs-in-korean-waters-nyt-idUSKBN18K15Y|url-status=live}}</ref> The locations of nuclear submarines are a closely guarded secret, even from the [[United States Navy|Navy]] command itself: "As a matter of national security, only the captains and crew of the submarines know for sure where they're located."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-nuclear-submarine-north-korea-duterte-philippines-2017-5|title=Trump told Philippines' Duterte the US Navy had 2 'nuclear submarines' near North Korea|last=Lockie|first=Alex|date=May 24, 2018|work=Business Insider|access-date=16 August 2018|archive-date=August 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817055828/https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-nuclear-submarine-north-korea-duterte-philippines-2017-5|url-status=live}}</ref>


* May 10, 2017 – Trump discussed [[Classified information in the United States|classified information]] during an [[Oval Office]] meeting on May 10, 2017, with the Russian Foreign Minister [[Sergey Lavrov]] and the Russian Ambassador [[Sergey Kislyak]]. The information was provided by a U.S. ally and concerned a planned [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State (ISIL)]] operation, providing sufficient detail that the Russians could use to deduce the identity of the ally and the manner in which it was collected, according to current and former government officials.<ref name="NYRosenberg">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/us/politics/trump-russia-classified-information-isis.html |title=Trump Revealed Highly Classified Intelligence to Russia, in Break With Ally, Officials Say |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Matthew |date=May 15, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |last2=Schmitt |first2=Eric |page=A1 |author-link=Matthew Rosenberg |author-link2=Eric P. Schmitt |access-date=May 15, 2017 |archive-date=May 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515224247/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/us/politics/trump-russia-classified-information-isis.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=WashingtonPost>{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Greg |last2=Jaffe |first2=Greg |title=Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-revealed-highly-classified-information-to-russian-foreign-minister-and-ambassador/2017/05/15/530c172a-3960-11e7-9e48-c4f199710b69_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=May 15, 2017 |archive-date=May 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515210821/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-revealed-highly-classified-information-to-russian-foreign-minister-and-ambassador/2017/05/15/530c172a-3960-11e7-9e48-c4f199710b69_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Reuters">{{cite news |last1=Mason |first1=Jeff |last2=Zengerle |first2=Patricia |title=Trump revealed intelligence secrets to Russians in Oval Office: officials |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-idUSKCN18B2MX |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=May 16, 2017 |access-date=July 2, 2017 |archive-date=June 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628095042/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-idUSKCN18B2MX |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Carol E. |last2=Harris |first2=Shane |author2-link=Shane Harris |title=Trump Shared Intelligence Secrets With Russians in Oval Office Meeting |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-denies-trump-gave-classified-information-to-russian-officials-1494890345 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=May 16, 2017 |access-date=May 16, 2017 |archive-date=May 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517132058/https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-denies-trump-gave-classified-information-to-russian-officials-1494890345 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/15/politics/trump-russia-classified-information/index.html |title=Sources: Trump shared classified info with Russians |last1=Merica |first1=Dan |author2-link=Jake Tapper |date=May 16, 2017 |access-date=May 16, 2017 |publisher=[[CNN]] |last2=Jake Tapper |last3=Jim Sciutto |author3-link=Jim Sciutto |archive-date=May 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515231256/http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/15/politics/trump-russia-classified-information/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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* May 24, 2017 – Britain strongly objected to the United States leaking to the press information about the [[Manchester Arena bombing]], including the identity of the attacker and a picture of the bomb, before it had been publicly disclosed, jeopardizing the investigation.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=May 24, 2017 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/24/leaked-pictures-show-bomb-used-manchester-attack/ |title=Pictures leaked 'after being shared with US intelligence' show bomb used in Manchester attack |access-date=July 29, 2018 |archive-date=July 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724022313/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/24/leaked-pictures-show-bomb-used-manchester-attack/ |url-status=live }}</ref> British Prime Minister [[Theresa May]] issued a public rebuke, and British police said they would stop passing information to U.S. counterparts.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article152670864.html|title=Trump's loose lips drive allies to reassess U.S. access to intel|last=Johnson|first=Tim|date=May 26, 2017|work=McClatchy|access-date=16 August 2018|archive-date=August 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817055843/https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article152670864.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

* July 2017 – After a private meeting with Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] at the [[2017 G20 Hamburg summit]], Trump took the unusual step of confiscating and keeping his interpreter's notes. This led U.S. intelligence officials to express concern that Trump "may have improperly discussed classified intelligence with Russia."<ref name="Sciutto">{{Cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/09/politics/russia-us-spy-extracted/index.html |title=Exclusive: US extracted top spy from inside Russia in 2017 |last=Sciutto |first=Jim Sciutto |date=September 9, 2019 |website=[[CNN]] |access-date=September 11, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312032210/https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/09/politics/russia-us-spy-extracted/index.html |archive-date=March 12, 2020 }}</ref>

* Christmas 2018 – Trump and First Lady [[Melania Trump]] flew to [[Al Asad Airbase]] where Trump posted video to Twitter of several members of [[United States Navy SEALs#SEAL Teams|Seal Team Five]] in their camouflage and night-vision goggles, revealing the team's location and unblurred faces.<ref name=USAToday-Dec272018>{{cite news |last=Bacon |first=John |date=December 27, 2018 |title=Trump video from Iraq reveals Navy SEAL team deployment |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/12/27/trump-video-iraq-reveals-navy-seal-team-deployment/2422742002/ |url-status=live |work=[[USA Today]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229125713/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/12/27/trump-video-iraq-reveals-navy-seal-team-deployment/2422742002/ |archive-date=February 29, 2020 |access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Romero |first=Dennis |date=December 28, 2018 |title=Trump's reveal of SEAL team in Iraq could endanger its members |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-s-reveal-seal-team-iraq-could-endanger-its-members-n952521 |url-status=live |work=[[NBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904014442/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-s-reveal-seal-team-iraq-could-endanger-its-members-n952521 |archive-date=September 4, 2020 |access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref>

* August 30, 2019 – Trump tweeted a reportedly classified image of recent damage to [[Iran]]'s [[Imam Khomeini Spaceport]] that supposedly occurred as a result of an explosion during testing of a [[Safir (rocket)|Safir SLV]]. Multiple concerns were raised regarding the public release of what appeared to be a surveillance photo with exceptionally high resolution, revealing highly classified U.S. surveillance capabilities.<ref name="NPR-surveillance-image">{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/08/30/755994591/president-trump-tweets-sensitive-surveillance-image-of-iran.html|title=Trump tweets sensitive surveillance image of Iran|work=NPR|last=Brumfiel|first=Geoff|access-date=30 August 2019|date=Aug 30, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501040814/https://www.npr.org/2019/08/30/755994591/president-trump-tweets-sensitive-surveillance-image-of-iran.html|archive-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref> Within hours of the tweet, amateur satellite trackers had determined the photograph came from [[National Reconnaissance Office]] spy satellite [[USA-224]].<ref name="Wired-Satellite">{{cite news |last=Oberhaus |first=Daniel |date=September 3, 2019 |title=Trump Tweeted a Sensitive Photo. Internet Sleuths Decoded It |url=https://www.wired.com/story/trump-tweeted-a-sensitive-photo-internet-sleuths-decoded-it/ |url-status=live |work=[[Wired (magazine)#Website|Wired.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605145607/https://www.wired.com/story/trump-tweeted-a-sensitive-photo-internet-sleuths-decoded-it/ |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |access-date=July 6, 2020 }}</ref> Before Trump's tweet, the only confirmed photographs from a [[KH-11 Kennen|KH-11]] satellite were leaked in 1984 by [[Samuel Loring Morison|a U.S. Navy analyst who went to prison for espionage]].<ref name="Wired-Satellite"/> Trump defended the tweet by saying he had "the absolute right" to release the photo.<ref name="NYTimes-">{{cite news |last1=Sanger |first1=David E. |last2=Broad |first2=William J. |date=August 30, 2019 |title=In a Tweet Taunting Iran, Trump Releases an Image Thought to Be Classified |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/30/world/middleeast/trump-iran-missile-explosion-satellite-image.html |url-status=live |work=[[The New York Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618172505/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/30/world/middleeast/trump-iran-missile-explosion-satellite-image.html |archive-date=June 18, 2020 |access-date=July 6, 2020 |quote="We had a photo and I released it, which I have the absolute right to do."}}
</ref>

* December 2019 – In an interview with [[Bob Woodward]], Trump stated, "I have built a nuclear — a weapons system that nobody's ever had in this country before," adding, "We have stuff that Putin and Xi have never heard about before. There's nobody. What we have is incredible."<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Liptak |first1=Kevin |last2=Salama |first2=Vivian |last3=Fox |first3=Lauren |last4=Starr |first4=Barbara |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/10/politics/trump-disclosures-anxiety/index.html |title=Trump's need to gossip about nukes provokes anxiety |work=[[CNN]] |date=September 11, 2020 |access-date=August 26, 2022}}</ref>

=== 2020s ===
* 2020 – Suspected foreign attackers [[2020 United States Treasury and Department of Commerce data breach|breach the Treasury and the Department of Commerce]].

* 2021 and 2022 – Former President [[Donald Trump]] or his staff allegedly took numerous documents with security classification markings from the [[White House]] and held them in unsecure areas of his Florida residence at [[Mar a Lago]], some of which were recovered in an [[FBI search of Mar-a-Lago]].<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/26/us/politics/trump-documents-search-timeline.html Inside the 20-Month Fight to Get Trump to Return Classified Material]", ''The New York Times'', by Luke Broadwater, Katie Benner and Maggie Haberman, August 26, 2022.</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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*[http://www.dhra.mil/perserec/EspionageCases1975-2004/index.htm#Date%20of%20Arrest RECENT ESPIONAGE CASES 1975-2004]
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20091024043034/http://www.dhra.mil/perserec/EspionageCases1975-2004/index.htm Recent Espionage Cases 1975–2004]", PERSEREC, Defense Human Resources Activity


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Revision as of 15:52, 13 June 2024

This page is a timeline of published security lapses in the United States government. These lapses are frequently referenced in congressional and non-governmental oversight. This article does not attempt to capture security vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1940s

The 33 convicted members of the Duquesne spy ring (FBI print)
Main article: Duquesne Spy Ring

1950s

1970s

  • January 1977 – Christopher John Boyce (born February 16, 1953) was convicted of spying against the United States for the Soviet Union. He was arrested in January 1977 for selling U.S. spy satellite secrets to the Soviet Union. Boyce was convicted in April of espionage and sentenced to 40 years in prison at the Federal Correctional Institution, Lompoc. On January 21, 1980, Boyce escaped from Lompoc. While a fugitive, Boyce carried out 17 bank robberies in Idaho and Washington. Boyce did not believe he could live as a fugitive forever and began to study aviation in an attempt to flee to the Soviet Union, where he would accept a commission as an officer in the Soviet Armed Forces. On August 28, 1981, Boyce was arrested while eating in his car outside "The Pit Stop," a drive-in restaurant in Port Angeles, Washington.

1980s

1990s

2000s

  • April 2003 – A security officer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory lost an electronic access badge. The loss was reported to an immediate supervisor, but senior Livermore managers were not notified until late May, at which point the badge was deactivated.[6]
  • December 2006 – Petty Officer Ariel Weinmann of the United States Navy pleaded guilty to espionage, desertion and other charges. His case is notable as an espionage case where the Navy and trial court officials have denied access to basic information, including the court docket.
  • February 2007 – The Department of Justice Inspector General reported that "over a 44-month period the FBI reported 160 weapons and 160 laptop computers as lost or stolen."[4]

2010s

  • May 10, 2017 – Trump discussed classified information during an Oval Office meeting on May 10, 2017, with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and the Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. The information was provided by a U.S. ally and concerned a planned Islamic State (ISIL) operation, providing sufficient detail that the Russians could use to deduce the identity of the ally and the manner in which it was collected, according to current and former government officials.[14][15][16][17][18]
  • May 24, 2017 – Britain strongly objected to the United States leaking to the press information about the Manchester Arena bombing, including the identity of the attacker and a picture of the bomb, before it had been publicly disclosed, jeopardizing the investigation.[19] British Prime Minister Theresa May issued a public rebuke, and British police said they would stop passing information to U.S. counterparts.[20]
  • July 2017 – After a private meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the 2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Trump took the unusual step of confiscating and keeping his interpreter's notes. This led U.S. intelligence officials to express concern that Trump "may have improperly discussed classified intelligence with Russia."[21]
  • Christmas 2018 – Trump and First Lady Melania Trump flew to Al Asad Airbase where Trump posted video to Twitter of several members of Seal Team Five in their camouflage and night-vision goggles, revealing the team's location and unblurred faces.[22][23]
  • August 30, 2019 – Trump tweeted a reportedly classified image of recent damage to Iran's Imam Khomeini Spaceport that supposedly occurred as a result of an explosion during testing of a Safir SLV. Multiple concerns were raised regarding the public release of what appeared to be a surveillance photo with exceptionally high resolution, revealing highly classified U.S. surveillance capabilities.[24] Within hours of the tweet, amateur satellite trackers had determined the photograph came from National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite USA-224.[25] Before Trump's tweet, the only confirmed photographs from a KH-11 satellite were leaked in 1984 by a U.S. Navy analyst who went to prison for espionage.[25] Trump defended the tweet by saying he had "the absolute right" to release the photo.[26]
  • December 2019 – In an interview with Bob Woodward, Trump stated, "I have built a nuclear — a weapons system that nobody's ever had in this country before," adding, "We have stuff that Putin and Xi have never heard about before. There's nobody. What we have is incredible."[27]

2020s

References

  1. ^ "The John Walker Spy Ring and The U.S. Navy's Biggest Betrayal – USNI News". USNI News. 2014-09-02. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Defense Personnel Security Research Center, Espionage Cases 1975–2004, archived from the original on February 4, 2006, retrieved 2006-02-19
  3. ^ L. Britt Snider; Daniel S. Seikaly (2000-02-18), Improper Handling of Classified Information by John M. Deutch, Central Intelligence Agency Inspector General
  4. ^ a b U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General Audit Division (February 2007), The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Control Over Weapons and Laptop Computers Follow-up Audit (PDF)
  5. ^ "Man Pleads Guilty to Sandia National Labs Breach", SANS Newsbites, 5 (11), The SANS Institute, 2003-03-14
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