# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2013-obama-doj-charges-eight-under-espionage-act)
- Source: The Obama Administration and the Press. https://cpj.org/reports/2013/10/obama-and-the-press-us-leaks-surveillance-post-911/
- 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

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