California court clerk charged with providing search warrant to reporter Leak Case Date of Incident November 13, 2024 Location Stockton, California
IRS consultant charged with leaking tax returns to two news outlets Leak Case Updated on January 29, 2024 Date of Incident September 29, 2023 Location Washington, District of Columbia #Department of Justice
Police officer charged with leaking information to Florida newspaper Leak Case Date of Incident December 6, 2019 Location Sunrise, Florida
Counterterrorism analyst charged with leaking classified documents to two reporters Leak Case Updated on June 18, 2020 Date of Incident October 9, 2019 Location Alexandria, Virginia #Department of Justice #Espionage Act
Former intelligence analyst charged with leaking classified documents to reporter Leak Case Updated on July 27, 2021 Date of Incident May 9, 2019 Location Alexandria, Virginia #Department of Justice #Espionage Act
IRS employee charged with leaking suspicious financial transactions to prominent lawyer and the media Leak Case Updated on January 17, 2020 Date of Incident February 4, 2019 Location San Francisco, California #Department of Justice
Treasury employee charged with leaking details of Manafort's suspicious bank transactions to BuzzFeed News Leak Case Updated on January 24, 2022 Date of Incident October 16, 2018 Location Washington, District of Columbia #Department of Justice
Former CIA agent accused of sending classified information to WikiLeaks Leak Case Updated on February 1, 2024 Date of Incident June 18, 2018 Location New York, New York #Department of Justice #Espionage Act
U.S. Senate report on leaks and national security is deeply flawed Published July 10, 2017 Written by Alex Ellerbeck
America's 'Official Secrets Act' — the long, sad history of the 100 year-old Espionage Act When President Woodrow Wilson advocated for press censorship during World War I, Congress responded by passing the Espionage Act of 1917. One hundred years later, the law still poses a serious threat to journalists' First Amendment rights. Published June 15, 2017 Written by Peter Sterne
Edward Snowden on Trump administration's recent arrest of an alleged journalistic source Published June 6, 2017 Written by Edward Snowden