Investigation into allegations of a leak of bid information and conflict of interest in the Procurement Division

Citizens should be able more easily to leak information, pitch stories, and send leads to mainstream investigative reporters.

Kamen was already a successful and wealthy inventor, after inventing the first drug infusion pump and starting a company, AutoSyringe , to market and manufacture the pump.

Moreover, there are genuine fears that rogue elements in a divided Iranian government might leak weapons technology to terrorist groups.

The real espionage, however, lies not in Snowden s decision to release NSA secrets, but in the surveillance programs that he exposed.

The Government of Austria reported that an EU regulation provided guidance with regard to the identification of suspicious transactions involving non scheduled substances and required the reporting of chemicals used in the illicit manufacture of drugs and possible methods of diversion.

That is why the Diet is also considering a bill on the protection of classified information that would impose harsher punishment on government officials who leak secrets, particularly those concerning national security.

But how much openness is too much?

One can see why Uribe would threaten to leak news about the negotiations, as well as why Santos would try to preempt the leaks by going public and having them take place in the open (the talks will begin in Oslo, but will be pursued in Havana).