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How an Espionage Act reform bill would improve protections for national security reporting
The bill follows a dramatic increase in media ‘leak’ cases involving national security reporting over the past decade.By Gabe RottmanCategorized in National Security
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Mass surveillance threatens reporting that relies on confidential sources
RCFP is arguing for the reversal of a district court decision in a case challenging mass surveillance by NSA.By Basma HumadiCategorized in Protecting Sources and Materials
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Letter Regarding News Media Requests to Interview Reality Winner
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press sent a letter to the warden of the federal prison housing inmate…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Reporters Committee calls for investigation into search of journalist Bryan Carmody’s home and office
The San Francisco Police Department executed search warrants for the home and office of San Francisco-based freelance journalist Bryan Carmody…Categorized in Protecting Sources and Materials -
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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.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…By Linda MoonCategorized 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…By Gabe RottmanCategorized 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…Categorized in Protecting Sources and Materials -
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Grand jury secrecy comes at a cost
Two new lawsuits are challenging the continued secrecy of the grand jury investigations related to the deaths of Michael Brown…Categorized in Court Access -
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Journalists, technologists discuss encryption at conference on digital security after Snowden
Update: The complete conference video is now online. “Edward Snowden is not a model for journalism,” James Risen said at…Categorized in Newsgathering