Jack Gillum, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 30, 2004, file photo, Wall Street Journal correspondent Jay Solomon, checks his papers as he fills his U.S. election absentee ballot at his office in New Delhi, India. The Wall Street Journal on June 21, 2017, fired Solomon, its chief foreign affairs correspondent, after evidence emerged about his involvement in prospective business deals, including one involving arms sales to foreign governments, with an international businessman who was one of his key sources. Solomon was offered a 10 percent stake in a fledgling company, Denx LLC, by Farhad Azima, an Iranian-born aviation magnate who ferried weapons for the CIA. It was not clear whether Solomon ever received money or formally accepted a stake in the company. Solomon did not immediately comment. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan, File)

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Wall St. Journal fires foreign affairs chief over ethics conflict

by Jeff Horwitz Associated Press, Jon Gambrell Associated Press, and Jack Gillum Associated PressJune 21, 2017

WASHINGTON — The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday fired its highly regarded chief foreign affairs correspondent after evidence emerged of his involvement in prospective commercial deals — including one involving arms sales to foreign governments —…

In this July 17, 2016, file photo, then-Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort talks to reporters on the floor of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. A firm headed by Manafort received more than $1.2 million in payments that correspond to entries in a handwritten ledger tied to a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine, according to financial records obtained by The Associated Press. The payments between 2007 and 2009 are the first evidence that Manafort’s consulting firm received funds listed in the so-called Black Ledger, which Ukrainian investigators have been investigating as evidence of off-the-books payments from the Ukrainian Party of Regions.

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Former Trump aide’s firm allegedly received payout from pro-Russian Ukrainian political party

by Jack Gillum Associated Press, Chad Day Associated Press, and Jeff Horwitz Associated PressApril 12, 2017

FILE - This April 13, 2016, file photo shows the seal of the Central Intelligence Agency at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. An alleged CIA surveillance program disclosed by WikiLeaks on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, purportedly targeted security weaknesses in smart TVs, smartphones, personal computers and even cars, and enabled snooping that could circumvent encryption on communications apps such as Facebook’s WhatsApp. WikiLeaks is, for now, withholding details on the specific hacks used. But WikiLeaks claims that the data and documents it obtained reveal a broad program to bypass security measures on everyday products. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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Will WikiLeaks work with tech firms?

by Ted Bridis Associated Press, Raphael Satter Associated Press, and Jack Gillum Associated PressMarch 8, 2017

FILE - This is Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017 file photo of the new CIA Director Michael Pompeo, as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. WikiLeaks has published thousands of documents that it says come from the CIA's Center for Cyber Intelligence, a dramatic release that appears to give an eye-opening look at the intimate details of the agency's cyberespionage effort. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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WikiLeaks reveals CIA hacking tools

by Jack Gillum Associated Press, and Raphael Satter Associated PressMarch 7, 2017

FILE - This is Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017 file photo of the new CIA Director Michael Pompeo, as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. WikiLeaks has published thousands of documents that it says come from the CIA's Center for Cyber Intelligence, a dramatic release that appears to give an eye-opening look at the intimate details of the agency's cyberespionage effort. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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WikiLeaks publishes CIA trove alleging wide scale hacking

by Raphael Satter Associated Press, and Jack Gillum Associated PressMarch 7, 2017

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump National Doral, Wednesday, July 27, 2016, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Trump appeals to Russia to find Clinton’s deleted emails

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, and Jack Gillum Associated PressJuly 28, 2016

FILE - In this April 1, 2014, file photo, students gather behind a business looking for a Internet signal for their smart phones in Havana, Cuba. As U.S. officials dealt with the fallout of a once-secret "Cuban Twitter" program, they had one thing on their side: notorious delays in the federal Freedom of Information Act. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

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FOIA’s glacial pace helps US hinder records requests

by Jack Gillum Associated PressApril 11, 2016

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, right, watches as Trump speaks in Dubuque, Iowa, Aug. 25.

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Trump campaign manager charged with battery in Fla.

by Steve Peoples Associated Press, Terry Spencer Associated Press, and Jack Gillum Associated PressMarch 29, 2016