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California journalists sued for ‘hacking’ city’s open Dropbox folder; barred from publishing

Incident Details

Updated on: May 12, 2021
Date of incident: October 24, 2019
Location: Fullerton, California
Targets: Friends for Fullerton’s Future

Status of prior restraint →: Dropped
Mistakenly released materials? →: Yes

Reporter says White House senior adviser threatened to ‘delve’ into her personal life

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 23, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Caitlin Yilek (Washington Examiner)

Chilling Statement

Former House Speaker Gingrich says, if he could, he would eliminate the White House press corps

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 21, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: White House Press Corps

Chilling Statement

Trump’s anti-press language on Twitter mirrored in violent video created by supporter

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 2019
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Mika Brzezinski (MSNBC), Rachel Maddow (MSNBC), Media

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Astros fire assistant general manager for inappropriate comments to reporters

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 19, 2019
Location: Houston, Texas
Targets: Stephanie Apstein (Sports Illustrated)

Other Incident

Journalist alleges bodyguard pushed, assaulted him outside San Francisco courthouse

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 15, 2019
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Phelim McAleer (Independent)

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

Documentarian questioned about film when returning from West Bank

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 10, 2019
Location: Dallas, Texas
Targets: Michael Rowley (Independent)

Border point →: Dallas Fort Worth 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

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

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