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NSA leaker reveals himself after fleeing US
Nick O'Malley Edward Snowden, the man behind one of the most significant security leaks in American history, has revealed himself to be a 29-year-old systems analyst who had worked for a private security...
How a young idealist went rogue
Nick O'Malley Even as the investigations begin it's not hard to see the similarities between Edward Snowden, the man behind the leaks on America's electronic surveillance program, and Bradley Manning, on trial for...
Hard to keep lid on growing secrets
Nick O'Malley Even as the investigations begin, it's not hard to see the similarities between Edward Snowden, the man behind the leaks on the United States' electronic surveillance program, and Bradley Manning, on...
WikiLeaks: Whistleblower or traitor?
Nick O'Malley, Washington Hailed as a courageous whistleblower and reviled as a common traitor, Bradley Manning, the young US soldier who provided WikiLeaks with more than 250,000 pages of secret US documents, finally faces a...
US right up in arms over treaty
Nick O'Malley More than 65 countries have signed an arms trade treaty that has been championed by Australia at the United Nations since work began on it in 2006.
Democrats mourn the end of Bachmann blunders
Nick O'Malley Michele Bachmann, the congresswoman from Minnesota and self-appointed Tea Party figurehead, has announced she will not contest the 2014 mid-term elections.
Assange slams Carr as a 'well-known liar'
Nick O'Malley WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says the foreign minister's "ignorance is only eclipsed by his arrogance".
World watches as Bradley Manning finally faces trial
Nick O'Malley Washington: Hailed as a courageous whistleblower and reviled as a common traitor Bradley Manning, the young US soldier who provided Wikileaks with over 250,000 pages of secret US documents, finally...
Spy triumph became a free speech disaster
Nick O'Malley The AP phone records story came at the worst possible time for President Barack Obama.
Obama goes on the offensive
Nick O'Malley Battered by three rolling controversies, the White House has begun fighting back, with the President sacking the acting tax commissioner and releasing more than 100 pages of emails related to the...
Cleaving to hope
Nick O'Malley Louwana Miller never stopped fighting for her daughter who disappeared in April 2003.
Lost in plain sight
Nick O'Malley Louwana Miller never stopped fighting for her daughter, Amanda Berry, who disappeared in Cleveland in April 2003, the day before her 17th birthday.
Capitol succumbs to scandal fever
Nick O'Malley Scandal fever has so thoroughly gripped Washington some players were having difficulty distinguishing one from another on Tuesday.
Carr alarmed over chemical weapons claim but all talk is of Gillard
Nick O'Malley When Bob Carr took his seat at the table during the United Nations Security Council Meeting in New York earlier today, it was the first time an Australian Foreign Minister had done so since 1986 - ...
Death turns spotlight on America's murder capital
Nick O'Malley JANUARY was a big month for Hadiya Pendleton. The 15-year-old drum majorette travelled to Washington to march in Barack Obama's inauguration parade, before returning home to Chicago for her finals.
'How can standing by watching that go on not be committing a crime?'
Nick O'Malley A small US town's football culture comes under the microscope over a callous teen rape.
Mali crisis is Australia's big UN test, says envoy
Nick O'Malley The unfolding crisis in Mali is Australia's first great test as a member of the United Nations Security Council, said the Australian ambassador to the UN, Gary Quinlan, after an emergency meeting...
Clinton faces off against her Libya critics
Nick O'Malley, Washington Defending her legacy and perhaps protecting her future, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faced congressional committees over the killing of the US ambassador to Libya, with a performance that...
Clinton toughs it out and lives to fight again
Nick O'Malley WASHINGTON: Defending her legacy and perhaps protecting her future, the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, faced congressional committees over the killing of the US ambassador to Libya, with a...
Rancour and relief as US pulls back from brink
Nick O'Malley Minutes before the midnight deadline of the fiscal cliff Democrats started celebrating a partial victory – it appeared the White House and Senate leaders had cut a deal and the US would begin...
