Press-related prosecutions under the Espionage Act
Legal filings in Espionage Act prosecutions of individuals accused of disclosing information to the press and public
This Reading Room contains key court filings related to all Espionage Act prosecutions of those accused of disclosing information to the press or to the general public. Passed more than a century ago, the Espionage Act has long been used by the government to prosecute whistleblowers for disclosing information to the press. Recently, there has been an uptick in these prosecutions under the Obama and Trump administrations, which have charged more whistleblowers under the Espionage Act than all prior administrations combined. For an interactive graph and chart of all press-related prosecutions under the Espionage Act, click here.
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Drake Resp. to Gov't Mot. in Lim. re: Disclosure of Classified Information, United States v. Drake, No. 1:10-cr-00181 (D. Md. Mar. 11, 2011)
Drake's response brief to Government's motion in limine to exclude evidence or defense attacking the legality of the regulatory scheme relating to the disclosure of classified information, indicating no intent to challenge the rules governing classification but instead to focus its defense on whether the specific documents in question were classified.
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Drake Resp. to Gov't Mot. in Lim. re: Disclosure of Classified Information, United States v. Drake, No. 1:10-cr-00181 (D. Md. Mar. 11, 2011)
Drake's response brief to Government's motion in limine to exclude evidence or defense attacking the legality of the regulatory scheme relating to the disclosure of classified information, indicating no intent to challenge the rules governing classification but instead to focus its defense on whether the specific documents in question were classified.
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Gov't Resp. to Sterling Mot. to Dismiss re: Counts One and Six, United States v. Sterling, No. 1:10-cr-00485 (E.D. Va. Mar. 10, 2011)
Government's response brief to Sterling's motion to dismiss re: Counts One and Six of the indictment, saying the charges relate to disclosures on different days.
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Gov't Resp. to Sterling Mot. to Dismiss re: Counts One and Two, United States v. Sterling, No. 1:10-cr-00485 (E.D. Va. Mar. 10, 2011)
Government's response brief to Sterling's motion to dismiss re: Counts One and Two of the indictment.
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Gov't Consolidated Resp. re: Kim Pretrial Mots., United States v. Kim, No. 1:10-cr-00225 (D.D.C. Mar. 2, 2011)
Goverment's response brief to Kim's motion to dismiss, arguing the Espionage Act applies to oral disclosures, is not unconstitutionally vague, and that First Amendment protections to not extend to these disclosures.
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Manning's Charge Sheet (March 1, 2011)
Charge sheet listing Manning's additional charge.
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Gov't Mot. in Lim. re: Newspaper Articles, United States v. Drake, No. 1:10-cr-00181 (D. Md. Feb. 25, 2011)
Government's motion in limine to preclude any reference to and admission of published newspaper articles.
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Gov't Mot. in Lim. re: Evidence of Necessity, Justification, or Alleged "Whistleblowing,", United States v. Drake, No. 1:10-cr-00181 (D. Md. Feb. 25, 2011)
Government's motion in limine to preclude evidence of necessity, justification, or alleged "whistleblowing."
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Gov't Mot. in Lim. re: Disclosure of Classified Information, United States v. Drake, No. 1:10-cr-00181 (D. Md. Feb. 25, 2011)
Government's motion in limine to exclude evidence or defense attacking the legality of the regulatory scheme relating to the disclosure of classified information, specifically including assertions that the NSA "overclassifies" information.
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Drake Mot. to Dismiss re: Counts One-Five of the indictment, United States v. Drake, No. 1:10-cr-00181 (D. Md. Feb. 25, 2011)
Drake's motion to dismiss Counts One through Five of the indictment, arguing Section 793(e) of the Espionage Act is unconstitutionally vague as applied to him and impermissibly overbroad under the First Amendment.