UK grants Assange another hearing, avoids press freedom catastrophe — for now
Quote on press freedom impact of today's Assange decision
Is entrenched secrecy more powerful than the presidency?
Secrecy isn’t a partisan issue, it’s a systemic one. What are the key government secrecy issues that must be addressed regardless of who wins the election?
Support FBI whistleblower Terry Albury, who is set to be sentenced next week
The documents whistleblower Terry Albury is assumed to have shared detail the FBI’s recruitment tactics, investigations of minorities, and how the agency monitors journalists. Next week, he'll be sentenced in federal court, and for his act of courage, he could face years in prison.
Biden’s press freedom legacy: Empty words and hypocrisy
The outgoing administration’s three biggest press freedom failures
Prosecuting WikiLeaks for publishing activities poses a profound threat to press freedom
Any Espionage Act prosecution also threatens journalists at the New York Times and Washington Post.
In honor of a whistleblowing legend: Announcing the Daniel Ellsberg Chair on Government Secrecy
We will honor our friend by fighting for what he fought for his entire life: an end to excessive government secrecy.
Freedom of the Press Foundation statement on whistleblower Reality Winner’s plea deal
Former intelligence contractor and whistleblower Reality Winner has pled guilty to leaking a secret NSA report to the press.
The Pentagon Papers
How a leak revealed that lies were the foundation of U.S. policy on Vietnam
Assange freed, press freedom imperiled
Julian Assange has finally been freed after reaching a surprising deal with U.S. authorities to plead guilty to violating the Espionage Act. The plea deal avoids the worst outcome of a court precedent that could be used against journalists, but it still threatens press freedom.
David Petraeus receives no jail time for leaking, while whistleblowers face decades in jail
Former CIA director David Petraeus received his sentence today for the sweetheart plea deal he struck with the Justice Department after he was discovered to have leaked highly classified information to his biographer and lover Paula Broadwell. As was widely anticipated, the celebrated general received no jail time and instead …