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Counterterrorism analyst charged with leaking classified documents to two reporters

Incident Details

Updated on: June 18, 2020
Date of incident: October 9, 2019
Location: Alexandria, Virginia

Alleged recipient of leak →: Amanda Macias (CNBC)

Courtney Kube (NBC)
Charged under Espionage Act →: Yes

Independent prisons reporter removed from Alabama government press lists

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 8, 2019
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Targets: Beth Shelburne (Independent)

Government agency or public official involved →: Law enforcement: State
Type of denial →: Press credential or media list

CBP officer withholds journalist’s passport until he agrees to say he writes ‘propaganda’

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 3, 2019
Location: Dulles, Virginia
Targets: Ben Watson (Defense One)

Border point →: Dulles International Airport
Target nationality →: United States
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. citizen
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

NYT report: U.S. Ambassador to Hungary asked Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to circumvent critical reporting of Hungarian government

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 26, 2019
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Targets: U.S. Agency for Global Media

Chilling Statement

Army soldier indicted for disclosing bomb-making techniques mentioned news media as targets

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 21, 2019
Location: Fort Riley, Kansas
Targets: CNN

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Kentucky journalist harassed, kissed on cheek during live broadcast

Incident Details

Updated on: December 20, 2019
Date of incident: September 20, 2019
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Targets: Sara Rivest (WAVE)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

BuzzFeed says its immigration reporter was excluded from DHS border tour

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 16, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: BuzzFeed News

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: Agency
Type of denial →: Government event

North Carolina state senator damages reporter’s phone in physical altercation

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 11, 2019
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Targets: Joe Killian (NC Newsline)

Assailant →: Politician
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Equipment damaged →: Cellphone, 1
Actor →: Politician

Journalists barred from asylum hearings held in tent courts at border

Incident Details

Updated on: December 29, 2019
Date of incident: September 11, 2019
Location: Laredo, Texas
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: Agency
Type of denial →: Other

Journalists subpoenaed in criminal case involving intimidation, blackmail of the news organizations

Incident Details

Updated on: April 15, 2021
Date of incident: September 10, 2019
Location: Independence, Kansas
Targets: Andy Taylor (Montgomery County Chronicle), Josh Umholtz (Independence Daily Reporter), Independence Daily Reporter

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Sept. 10, 2019: Pending

April 15, 2021: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

BuzzFeed reporter receives second subpoena in ongoing Unsworth-Musk defamation lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated on: December 6, 2019
Date of incident: September 6, 2019
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Ryan Mac (BuzzFeed News)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Sept. 6, 2019: Pending

Sept. 13, 2019: Objected to

Oct. 28, 2019: Upheld

Dec. 6, 2019: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Vermont Judiciary sets new rules on recording in courtrooms, registering as media

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 3, 2019
Location: Montpelier, Vermont
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: Judiciary: State Court
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice

BBC journalist questioned by border official, passport reviewed

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 29, 2019
Location: Brownsville, Texas
Targets: Stephanie Hegarty (BBC News [United Kingdom])

Border point →: Brownsville & Matamoros International Bridge
Target nationality →: United Kingdom
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. non-resident
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Amid backlash, Department of Defense backs away from new press regulations at Guantánamo Bay

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 28, 2019
Location: Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: Agency
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice

Man robs and briefly kidnaps NBC affiliate reporter at gunpoint

Incident Details

Updated on: July 7, 2021
Date of incident: August 27, 2019
Location: Kennewick, Washington
Targets: Unidentified reporter 1 (KNDU)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Equipment damaged →: Recording equipment, 1

Vehicle, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Media barred from public lead water crisis meeting in New Jersey

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 27, 2019
Location: Newark, New Jersey
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: Local government: Mayor
Type of denial →: Government event

Subpoenas seeking Illinois-based government watchdog’s communications and documents dropped

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 27, 2019
Location: Effingham County, Illinois
Targets: Kirk Allen (Edgar County Watchdogs), Edgar County Watchdogs

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Aug. 27, 2019: Pending

Sept. 11, 2019: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Tech journalist subpoenaed in ongoing bitcoin lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated on: November 13, 2020
Date of incident: August 27, 2019
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Brendan Sullivan (Modern Consensus)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Aug. 27, 2019: Pending

Sept. 9, 2019: Objected to

Nov. 13, 2020: Dropped

subpoena for testimony about confidential source

Aug. 27, 2019: Pending

Sept. 9, 2019: Objected to

Nov. 13, 2020: Dropped
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

BuzzFeed reporter receives subpoena in ongoing Unsworth-Musk defamation lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated on: October 28, 2019
Date of incident: August 26, 2019
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Ryan Mac (BuzzFeed News)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Aug. 26, 2019: Pending

Sept. 13, 2019: Objected to

Oct. 28, 2019: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

New York Times reports that conservative operatives are compiling dossiers on journalists

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 25, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: The New York Times

Chilling Statement

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