All Incidents

Former CIA agent accused of sending classified information to WikiLeaks

June 18, 2018

Joshua Schulte, a former NSA and CIA staffer, was indicted on multiple Espionage Act charges on June 18, 2018, for allegedly leaking sensitive CIA files to WikiLeaks.On March 7, 2017, WikiLeaks began publishing classified documents that detailed hacking tools and techniques used by the CIA. Later that month, as part of an investigation into the leak, federal agents raided Schulte’s apartment and seized his computer.On August 24, 2017, Schulte was arrested on federal child pornography charges, after federal investigators discovered …

Photojournalist Michael Nigro arrested while covering protest in Missouri

June 11, 2018

Michael Nigro, a freelance photojournalist on assignment for Truthdig, was arrested while covering a Poor People’s Campaign demonstration in Jefferson …

Senate Intel Committee staffer James Wolfe accused of lying to FBI about contacts with journalists

June 7, 2018

James Wolfe, the longtime director of security for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, was indicted on June 7, 2018, …

Portland Mercury reporter Kelly Kenoyer shoved while filming Patriot Prayer rally

June 3, 2018

Portland Mercury reporter Kelly Kenoyer was shoved while covering a far right rally in Portland, Oregon, on June 3, 2018.“It was a scary experience—the first violent protest I’ve covered, and I had a bit of that violence directed at me,” she wrote in a piece for Portland Mercury. Kenoyer told Freedom of the Press Foundation that she began covering the Patriot Prayer rally around 4 p.m., at which point there were around 20 people aligned with the far-right Patriot Prayer …