Pentagon Papers

The case concerns police records that the city of LA itself (inadvertently) provided to journalist Ben Camacho.

RCFP attorneys helped journalist Jerry Geleff challenge an unconstitutional court order that forced him to unpublish his reporting.

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.

Orders meant to prevent information from being published are nothing new — and neither are RCFP’s efforts to fight them.

Amicus brief filed by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, the Association of American Publishers, Dow Jones, The…

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