Espionage Act

Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Date Filed: April 12, 2021 Background: In December 2018, Jill Lepore,…

Daniel Hale was charged in May 2019 with leaking classified government documents about drone warfare to a reporter.

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The bill follows a dramatic increase in media ‘leak’ cases involving national security reporting over the past decade.

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As the government uses spying laws to prosecute leakers, the problem of overclassification takes on new urgency.

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Legal Director Katie Townsend says access would help the public better understand this Espionage Act prosecution.

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On October 31, 2018, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed an application to unseal court documents that…