Claim 63

CPJ published its report documenting the Obama-era Espionage Act prosecutions.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: CPJ published its report documenting the Obama-era Espionage Act prosecutions.
Field: occurred_on
Value: 2013-10-10
About: incident 2013-obama-doj-charges-eight-under-espionage-act
Source: The Obama Administration and the Press
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2013-10-10

Quotation from the source

Six government employees, plus two contractors including Edward Snowden, have been subjects of felony criminal prosecutions since 2009 under the 1917 Espionage Act, accused of leaking classified information to the press