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IRS employee charged with leaking suspicious financial transactions to prominent lawyer and the media

Incident Details

Updated on: January 17, 2020
Date of incident: February 4, 2019
Location: San Francisco, California

Alleged recipient of leak →: Ronan Farrow (The New Yorker)
Charged under Espionage Act →: No

BuzzFeed News reporter aggressively questioned about reporting at passport checkpoint

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 3, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: David Mack (BuzzFeed News)

Border point →: John F. Kennedy International Airport
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. permanent resident (green card)
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

WLTX reporters arrested in Columbia, S.C.

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 29, 2019
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Targets: Jenna Kurzyna (WLTX)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Private security
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Portland man arrested for stalking, harassing Oregon editor

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 29, 2019
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: The Oregonian

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Federal judge orders Chicago Sun-Times not to publish information

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 2019
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Chicago Sun-Times

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

California Attorney General threatens reporters with legal action over public record

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 29, 2019
Location: Berkeley, California
Targets: Jason Paladino (UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program; Investigative Studios), Robert Lewis (UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program; Investigative Studios)

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South Carolina Housing Authority arrests two reporters

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 29, 2019
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Targets: Susan Ardis (WLTX)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Private security
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Journalist stopped at the border for the second time, camera searched

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 26, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Manuel Rapalo (Freelance)

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

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

Equipment bag, 1

Work product, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

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