With Classified Documents, the Real Divide Is Between the Powerful and the Rest of Us
It's not Trump vs. Biden: High officials play fast and loose with government secrets, but only regular people face harsh penalties.
It's not Trump vs. Biden: High officials play fast and loose with government secrets, but only regular people face harsh penalties.
The Justice Department’s discretion is the only thing that protects them from a similar fate.
The open letter warns the indictment “threatens to undermine America’s First Amendment and the freedom of the press.”
The law has been abused to prosecute citizens for reasons other than spying. But there are better examples than Trump to highlight problems.
Plus: The editors reaffirm free speech absolutism in the wake of the recent attack on Salman Rushdie.
A senator and two congressmen team up to help protect whistleblowers from vindictive prosecution.
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Too often, the government punishes citizens who reveal the state's true behavior to their fellow Americans.
Federal espionage laws are used once again to punish a whistleblower.
She was sentenced to more than five years for revealing how Russia tried to hack the 2016 election.
She’s nearly three years into a five-year sentence for releasing classified documents showing Russian attempts to hack U.S. election systems.
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It's not just the right to report that's under attack. It's also your right to be informed.
Another intelligence analyst who leaked important information to the public is treated like a traitor.
The woman who leaked a report showing Russian attempts to infiltrate voting systems gets the longest sentence ever imposed for her offense.
Would she have gotten a better deal if she hadn't been denied bail?
Our terrible federal espionage laws won't let her argue the leak served the public's interest.