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2023

Access, printouts and glue: Tracing the source of leaked US secrets

WORLD

IDREES ALI, JONATHAN LANDAY and SARAH N. LYNCH A probe into the leak of secret U.S. documents likely will require investigators to examine those who had access and scrutinize details like objects captured in photos of the materials, former U.S. officials told Reuters, as pressure grows to find the person or group responsible. The Department of Justice opened a formal criminal probe last week after the matter was referred by the Pentagon, which is assessing the damage done by what may be the most damaging release of classified U.S. information in years. Reuters has reviewed more than 50 of the documents, labelled "Secret" and…

UK fraud prosecutor closes KBR investigation

BUSINESS

KIRSTIN RIDLEY BRITAIN's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has closed its four-year bribery and corruption investigation into the UK subsidiaries of KBR Inc, a U.S.-listed engineering, procurement and construction company. The investigator and prosecutor said yesterday that it had not uncovered sufficient evidence to pursue the case. KBR said it was "pleased and supportive" of the decision, which followed similar announcements by the U.S. Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission that put "a final conclusion to this matter". The closure of the case is the latest in a string of major investigations shut under SFO head Lisa Osofsky. Inquiries…

Biden orders declassification review of documents related to Sept. 11 attacks

WORLD

JEFF MASON AND JAN WOLFE U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday ordered the Department of Justice to review documents from the FBI's probe into the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks for declassification and release. "When I ran for president, I made a commitment to ensuring transparency regarding the declassification of documents on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America," Biden said in a statement. "As we approach the 20th anniversary of that tragic day, I am honoring that commitment." The order requires U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to make the declassified documents public over the next six months as it…