Justice Department US Justice Department Unwilling To Bow To Pressure To Drop Charges Against Assange Attorney General Merrick Garland (Photo from US Justice Department and in the public domain)
In Their Heads: Why US Detains Espionage Act Defendants Before Trial Aurelio Perez-Lugones is the latest individual charged with violating the Espionage Act to be jailed before trial because of what the government says in his mind.
Trump’s War On Journalism: Officials Proudly Defend Raiding A Journalist’s Home President Donald Trump’s administration proudly defended the FBI raid of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home. Officials insisted that Natanson should have “returned” classified information that she allegedly received while invoking President Barack Obama’s attacks on freedom of the press to excuse their intensified assaults on the
US Judge Dismisses Wiretapping Charges In DOJ Prosecution Against A Journalist A United States judge dismissed charges against journalist Timothy Burke that he violated a federal wiretapping law when he obtained and shared unaired portions of a Fox News interview between Tucker Carlson and Kanye West. “Burke raises significant First Amendment concerns if the Wiretap Act facially prohibits the mere acquisition