Leak Case

Total Incidents: 11

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Government employees or contractors investigated or prosecuted for disclosing information to journalists or media platforms.

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Police officer charged with leaking information to Florida newspaper
1. Leak Case
Date of incident

December 6, 2019

Location

Sunrise, Florida
Counterterrorism analyst charged with leaking classified documents to two reporters
1. 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
1. 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
1. Leak Case
Updated on

January 17, 2020

Date of incident

February 4, 2019

Location

San Francisco, California
- #Department of Justice

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Articles About Leak Case

Trump, allies pursue multipronged campaign against the press

Published

July 1, 2025

Written by

Stephanie Sugars
‘I live with that we didn’t struggle enough.’ A lesson from a Russian journalist-in-exile

Normalizing control of media access was one small step the Kremlin took to undermine press freedom.

Published

March 31, 2025

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
Leak prosecutions under Trump chill national security beat

Published

March 11, 2019

Written by

Avi Asher-Schapiro

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