National Security

We look at a media leak subpoena case involving a former Fox News correspondent's reporting on an FBI counterintelligence investigation.

Three weeks ago, this newsletter had a piece reporting that CIA Director William J. Burns wrote to Jim Scott, the son of…

The CIA director said he would personally look into a wiretapping operation in the 1960s against a columnist.

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is asking the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to study reforming…

A long-form clarification for last week’s post on the Espionage Act

RCFP's Gabe Rottman takes a look at a new book that explores the Espionage Act of 1917 and press freedom.

Two weeks ago, we brought you what I’m sure readers thought was a barnburner of a post on the meaning of “sensitive…

We take a look at a long-running challenge to the National Security Agency’s so-called “Upstream” surveillance.

The terminology is really important, especially right now, as reporters dig into the Mar-a-Lago search.

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