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Federal cases involving unauthorized disclosures to the news media, 1778 to the present

A comprehensive and comparable list of federal cases involving the leakage of classified information to the news media.

December 20, 2018

Categorized in Protecting Sources and Materials
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Reporters Committee moves to unseal court records in the Terry Albury case

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

November 15, 2018

By Linda Moon
Categorized in Court Access
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Everything we know about the Trump Administration’s first records seizure from a reporter

In early June 2018, the FBI arrested James Wolfe, the former security director for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence…

August 9, 2018

By Gabe Rottman
Categorized in Protecting Sources and Materials
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How do leak investigations work?

On Friday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced efforts to a crack down on unauthorized disclosures to the news media, citing…

August 8, 2017

By Selina MacLaren
Categorized in Protecting Sources and Materials
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Reporters Committee concerned about Senate vote on anti-leaks legislation

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press expressed grave concern over the news that the U.S. Senate could vote…

December 18, 2012

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