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The ongoing detention of Chelsea Manning is inhumane and punitive, and she should be released immediately.

Any Espionage Act prosecution also threatens journalists at the New York Times and Washington Post. 

Over 300 news organizations join together and publish editorials denouncing Trump's attacks on the press. And while his rhetoric gets an outsized amount of attention, his administration’s actions are more dangerous to the press than anything Trump has said.

Will the Trump administration use the Espionage Act to prosecute reporters?

Since the audio of whistleblower Bradley Manning's statement to the court leaked last week, it's becoming clear how much of a threat the government's "aiding the enemy" charge against Manning threatens all whistleblowers. Famed law professor Yochai Benkler and First Amendment scholar Floyd Abrams wrote an op-ed in the …

New Snowden documents published by The Intercept show the NSA and GCHQ targeted the media organization WikiLeaks with a variety of surveillance tactics, and even spied on its readers. This is a shocking attack on the freedom of the press, and anyone who supports the principles behind the First …

Gatekeeping over hate crime charges misses the forest for the trees

Plus: Attacks on legal services are attacks on the press

If officials say newsgathering is illegal, subpoenaed journalists should take them at their word

Plus: Don’t be mad DOGE posted classified budget information. Intelligence agencies’ budgets should be public