The History of U.S. Intelligence Leaks
Depending on who’s doing the talking, those who have given away intelligence about the military and security infrastructure of the United States have been called spies, heroes, and traitors.
But knowing the historical contexts around such leaks can help us understand why the leakers did what they did, and whether or not it was worth it.
To see more incidents of Intelligence Breaches on this list, go here:
https://www.ranker.com/list/us-intelligence-security-leaks-history/melissa-sartore?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=weirdhistory&utm_campaign=wh_active&utm_content=20230507
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@emagoutard2576
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
C’est quand même bizarre qu’ils ont détruit WikiLeaks
@byronn9410
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Icon off most contacts from my mom because of that stuff that happens to me as a child, she was not caring about her kids and she told her drug friends over her kids
@TheGunDude
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Manning is a man. He. Women don’t have Adam’s apples.
@toastyt9964
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Snowden the GOAT
@btetschner
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
I am curious what types of tactics and strategies some of those spies used…
@btetschner
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Eating ANOTHER Weird History meal!
Eating Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheerios*†…while watching this Weird History video!
For holes in the the intelligence network I am eating a tasty bowl of holes!
* From the Weird History video "Why Was the 80s The Golden Age for Cereal"
† The cereal is amazing!
@loladelreal5933
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Los gringos acusadores són los unicos que han utilizando bombas atòmicas contra población civil
@sergiovillegaszabala893
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Muy bueno
@Roddy556
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Edward Snowden started his first government job in 2004 when he joined the army not 2006.
@jenniferbethparishwhite688
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Your report on Snowden sounds like it was written by the government or with governmental approval. Edward Snowden is an American hero. He is a champion of the American people. He never intended to end up stuck in Russia. He hoped to flee to South America. He held out a long time before determining citizenship in Russia was the only realistic course of action left for him. Trump should have pardoned him. If nothing else, it would have been the best single digit salute to the establishment.
@generaldurge111
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
The fact Snowden went to my college is crazy
@geoff3103
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
wow the Obama Administration was a real disaster in this area. Thank God they had the Media covering up and threatening people for them.
@frankyandme2
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Russia would be pissed? RIGHT…like the US wanted to give him a medal, and throw him a stagg party. He would have been pushing daises like Aaron Swartz if the US had been able to catch him. They won't be satisfied until Assange is dead, as well. All governments are corrupt, as they all have seats at the "Power game poker table, in the back room"… It's always been that way, and everyone knows it… KUDOS to Snowden…
@superdupercooper5826
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
I’ve always had a lot of respect for Hal Emmerich and David.
@danam0228
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Bet Snowden is hating being in Russia with the war on and all, unless everything he has done was a prelude to his current role as a mole there
@Myriako
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Thank you for this video! 😀🌸
@bustysaintclair
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
classic yanks
@TheGoatfather33
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
8:00 so you’re ok with mocking how Manning talks, but not ok calling him…A him
Strange. I’ll say it for you. He’s a mentally disturbed traitor. There ya go
@crowdedcrow3098
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Daniel Ellsberg (who died a few weeks ago), Chelsea Manning, and Edward Snowden are AMERICAN PATRIOTS. They are national treasures who were anything but spies or traitors. If you don't understand that, for your own sake, look into it. When our government and our military do unethical and sometimes barbaric acts (in our name), we damn well ought to know about it. Obama fell far short of what he could've done to improve this country, but one of the acts he got right was to commute Manning's sentence. She experienced a great deal of violence and other forms of mistreatment while in prison and I'm grateful she is free. Question most of what you see and hear on mainstream media (MSNBC, FOX, CNN, Glenn Beck, Tucker Carlson, Rachel Maddow, etc.)
@cameron398
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Bradley Manning and Snowden should have been treated like the Rosenbergs. Funny he dumped all that info and it didn't have any real impact. Good punishment is Snowden gets to live in Russia and will never see US soil again.
@101shadeira
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Trump trump trump 😂😂😂
@francoise8368
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Great. Get out of jail card cause you’re a man wearing lipstick. God bless America
@shandonsahm3343
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
He didn't flee to Moscow during a flight going to south America or whatever he said govt stopped his passport n he was stuck.. while going through Moscow customs ..
@garygrassler09
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
He*
@CaenFilms
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
When people claim they’re patriots and then praise low level contractors who leak thousands of US documents and then flee to Russia ☠️
@johnathanmann1120
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Snowden is a traitor. He’s not a whistleblower, unless you want to declare the Rosenbergs and the Walkers as whistleblowers. We need to stop celebrating this little treasonous punk.
@emmgeevideo
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Ellsberg was willing to face the consequences. Snowden cut an ran.
@DimBeam1
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
7:20 He
@Realms3113
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Snowden is a true patriot.
@krokodilpil8335
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
So since Snowden is now Russian, did he get sent to Bakhmut?
@Becauseimme
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Do a video on how the government pushed crack in the Black and Brown communities using people like Freeway Rick Ross aka Franklin Saint.
@timothydurkan
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
He moved*
@williamchauncey8100
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Snowden is my hero
@kekort2
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Anything that reveals the US authorities to be breaking its own laws is justified.
@WynnWygal68
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
The narrator’s voice is…. Perfect
@XxXpentech30XxX
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Benedict Arnold doesn’t count ?
@jamiedriscoll9781
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Did I miss John Walker? He disclosed our submarine program to the soviets. So much info that the soviets became on par with the US Navy and the newest Soviet subs were called by the US the "Walker Class" as it wouldn't have existed without him.
@Handyman.300
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
You forgot the most recent addition to the list, Traitor don. Pretty sure he's done the most damage by far and we don't know the extent of it yet. I wonder how the Chinese found all those spys in 2018.
@sheilaholmes996
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Ellsberg just passed away. RIP
@laurenyuckert5670
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
I still the Rosenberg's are innocent
@rancon265
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
This narrator has tremendous staying power.
@mikitz
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
I don't think the FSB is interested in hiring Snowden.
Not because he's a high risk for whistle blowing, but because he is actually competent.
@joshuafletcher598
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
Edward Snowden revealed the the gov is mass spying on people then fled to russia a country where the gov super massively spies on its people ohh the insanly cruel irony
@TizbutaScratch
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
So they all were charged with the espionage act? That means they all have one thing in common. If they were president of the U.S.? They would of been fine.🤔😏
@hellohacker.4344
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
THE FATHER OF WAR – IS THE USA.
@JackmeriusTacktheratrix7
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
So in your intro you took on that mid-Atlantic accent
@clearcreek69
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 pm
You forgot to mention the Walker family spy ring
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