New US Espionage Act prosecution has troubling implications for press freedom
March 29, 2018 5:11 PM ET
New York, March 29, 2018-- The Committee to Protect Journalists today said it is concerned by the U.S. Department of Justice's use of the Espionage Act to charge an FBI agent for allegedly leaking information to a reporter....
US Senate report on leaks and national security is deeply flawed
July 10, 2017 12:39 PM ET
Last week, Republicans on the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs released a report on leaks to the media. The report, which was led by Chairman Ron Johnson, asserts that "an avalanche" of leaks under the Trump...
How US Espionage Act can be used against journalists covering leaks
May 20, 2017 8:30 AM ET
Earlier this week, Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly joked about Trump using a saber on the press and U.S. Senator Jim Risch told CNN the press should be questioning the Washington Post about its sources. Then, on...
UK's proposed Espionage Act will treat journalists like spies
March 17, 2017 11:41 AM ET
Journalists in Britain are becoming increasingly alarmed by the government's apparent determination to prevent them from fulfilling their mission to hold power to account. The latest manifestation of this assault on civil liberties is the so-called Espionage Act. If...
The Obama Administration and the Press
October 10, 2013 10:00 AM ET
Leak investigations and surveillance in post-9/11 America U.S. President Barack Obama came into office pledging open government, but he has fallen short of his promise. Journalists and transparency advocates say the White House curbs routine disclosure of information and...
CPJ's recommendations to the Obama administration
October 10, 2013 10:00 AM ET
CPJ is disturbed by the pattern of actions by the Obama administration that have chilled the flow of information on issues of great public interest, including matters of national security. The administration's war on leaks to the press through the...
CPJ examines press freedom under Obama
September 30, 2013 4:33 PM ET
Upcoming report looks at leak investigations and surveillanceNew York, September 30, 2013-- The Committee to Protect Journalists will release its first comprehensive report on press freedom conditions in the United States. Leonard Downie Jr., former Washington Post executive editor and now the Weil Family...
Manning sentence could chill reporting
August 21, 2013 3:40 PM ET
New York, August 21, 2013--The 35-year prison sentence handed down today to Army Pfc. Bradley Manning on charges of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the website WikiLeaks could chill the work of journalists covering national security...
Manning case raises worries about chilling effect
July 30, 2013 5:23 PM ET
New York, July 30, 2013--Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, whose leak of classified documents to the website WikiLeaks sparked a military court-martial that raised alarms about the chilling effect on the press, was convicted today on six counts of violating...