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Whistleblower prosecution has nothing to do with national security
Plus: DOJ wants to scrap the Presidential Records Act
Sources aren’t safe when surveillance is for sale
Congress must close the loophole that turns journalists’ and sources’ data into a storehouse for state spying
Pentagon ordered to stop censoring journalists … again
Think it’ll listen this time?
Republicans are suddenly OK with Qatari investment in U.S. news?
Hypocrisy reveals that foreign ownership concerns were never about national security
Charges against whistleblower Courtney Williams have nothing to do with national security
FPF statement on charges against source who spoke to journalist Seth Harp
Trump’s threat to jail reporters deserves bipartisan condemnation
To the extent that the government is allowed to withhold information, it’s up to the government to keep its secrets, not journalists
Brendan Carr’s localism hoax
Plus: NPR, PBS ruling explains why all Trump censorship is illegal
Government can’t circumvent the Constitution to censor critics indirectly
Administration’s campaign to reshape media violates long-held principle that where it can’t censor directly, it also can’t condition benefits on censorship
Protecting the press: How Section 702 of FISA must be reformed
As Congress considers renewal of this major surveillance program, we spoke to four experts about how Section 702’s spy powers can be used to target journalists and other Americans — and what needs to change
