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Court upholds subpoena of Richmond Times-Dispatch in civil lawsuit

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Date of Incident: January 7, 2020
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Targets: Richmond Times-Dispatch

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Jan. 7, 2020: Pending

May. 22, 2020: Upheld
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

Subpoena issued for journalist’s Twitter communication

Incident Details

Updated On: June 18, 2020
Date of Incident: December 12, 2019
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Targets: Charles Davis (Freelance)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Dec. 12, 2019: Pending

Jun. 18, 2020: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Third-party: Twitter (tech company)
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

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

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

Former intelligence analyst charged with leaking classified documents to reporter

Incident Details

Updated On: July 27, 2021
Date of Incident: May 9, 2019
Location: Alexandria, Virginia

Charged under Espionage Act →: Yes

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested and charged with conspiracy

Incident Details

Updated On: June 17, 2022
Date of Incident: April 11, 2019
Location: Alexandria, Virginia
Targets: Julian Assange (WikiLeaks)

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California Congressman Devin Nunes files defamation suit against newspaper for its coverage

Incident Details

Updated On: October 20, 2020
Date of Incident: April 9, 2019
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Targets: The McClatchy Company

Other Incident

ICE subpoenas law journal editor who published copy of leaked ICE memo

Incident Details

Updated On: February 20, 2020
Date of Incident: October 16, 2018
Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Targets: Daniel Kowalski (Bender's Immigration Bulletin)

Legal Orders →: other for communications or work product

Oct. 16, 2018: Pending

Feb. 20, 2020: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

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