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Podcast producers release unaired materials after subpoena upheld

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 22, 2021
Location: San Diego, California
Targets: Audiation

Subpoena Type →: Journalist communications or work product
Subpoena Status →: Upheld

Border Report correspondent detained photographing outside Texas Air Force base

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 19, 2021
Location: Del Rio, Texas
Targets: Sandra Sanchez (Border Report)

Arrest Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting Authority →: Laughlin Air Force Base military police
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Seized →: Camera, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No
Actor who seized equipment →: Law enforcement

Equipment Broken →: Work product, 1

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

Denial of Access

Marine Corps denies veteran and Newsweek reporter interview in apparent retaliation for prior reporting

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 7, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: James LaPorta (Newsweek)

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Hawaii reporter denied access to cover Army meeting

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 16, 2019
Location: Hilo, Hawaii
Targets: Nancy Cook Lauer (West Hawaii Today)

Politicians or Public Figures Involved →: U.S. Army

Military prosecutor embeds secret tracking code in email to journalist, defense attorneys

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 12, 2019
Location: San Diego, California
Targets: Carl Prine (Navy Times)

Search Warrant Obtained →: No

Defense One reporters left out of media briefing with Deputy Secretary of Defense in apparent retaliation for reporting

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 9, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Defense One

Politicians or Public Figures Involved →: Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan

Pentagon revokes embed opportunity for Washington Post reporter following critical coverage

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Dan Lamothe (The Washington Post)

Politicians or Public Figures Involved →: Department of Defense

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