# Incidents: surveillance and subpoenas, stage: punish

Each incident is a dated action by a government, an official, a regulator, a court or a legislature that limited journalists' ability to gather or publish news.

The number of entries reflects the depth of this record, not the severity of a country's conduct.

Filters: country, continent, tactic, stage, from, to, level, actor, leader, outlet, outcome, source_kind, has_case, plus q, sort (date, date_asc, country, tactic, relevance), per_page (up to 100), page and view (table or cards), as query parameters.

19 incidents match this view.

| Date | Incident | Country | Tactic | Head of government | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10 July 2026 | [Customs officers seize Grayzone editor's phones at Virginia airport over Iran reporting](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-cbp-seizes-grayzone-editor-phones-airport) | [United States](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/us) ([RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Surveillance and subpoenas](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/surveillance_and_subpoenas) | [Donald Trump](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/donald-trump) | Reversed (17 July 2026) |
| 3 February 2025 | [Journalists beaten in Bangladesh in separate incidents as interim government drafts new cyber laws](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-bangladesh-journalists-attacked-interim-government) | [Bangladesh](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/bd) ([RSF 2026 rank: 152nd of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Detention and violence](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/detention_and_violence) | [Muhammad Yunus](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/muhammad-yunus) | Ongoing |
| 11 August 2023 | [Police raid Marion County Record newsroom and publisher's home in Kansas](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2023-marion-county-record-raid-kansas) | [United States](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/us) ([RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Surveillance and subpoenas](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/surveillance_and_subpoenas) | [Laura Kelly](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/laura-kelly) | Reversed (5 August 2024) |
| 6 November 2021 | [FBI raids Project Veritas founder's home over Ashley Biden diary investigation](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2021-fbi-raids-project-veritas-founder-okeefe) | [United States](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/us) ([RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Surveillance and subpoenas](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/surveillance_and_subpoenas) | [Joe Biden](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/joe-biden) | Unknown |
| 19 July 2021 | [Justice Department bars seizing reporters' phone and email records](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2021-doj-bans-seizing-reporters-records-garland) | [United States](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/us) ([RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Surveillance and subpoenas](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/surveillance_and_subpoenas) | [Joe Biden](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/joe-biden) | Reversed (25 April 2025) |
| July 2021 | [Hungary: investigative journalist Szabolcs Panyi's phone is infected with Pegasus spyware](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2021-hungary-panyi-pegasus-spyware) | [Hungary](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/hu) ([RSF 2026 rank: 74th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Surveillance and subpoenas](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/surveillance_and_subpoenas) | [Viktor Orban](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/viktor-orban) | Ongoing (1 July 2021) |
| 5 July 2020 | [Morocco: investigative journalist Omar Radi's phone is infected with Pegasus spyware and he is later detained](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2020-morocco-omar-radi-pegasus-and-detention) | [Morocco](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/ma) (RSF rank: not recorded) | [Surveillance and subpoenas](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/surveillance_and_subpoenas) | [Saadeddine Othmani](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/saadeddine-othmani) | Reversed (1 July 2024) |
| 15 April 2020 | [Australia's High Court invalidates warrant for raid on journalist Annika Smethurst](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2020-australia-high-court-invalidates-smethurst-warrant) | [Australia](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/au) ([RSF 2026 rank: 33rd of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Surveillance and subpoenas](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/surveillance_and_subpoenas) | [Scott Morrison](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/scott-morrison) | Reversed (27 May 2020) |
| 5 June 2019 | [Australian Federal Police raid the national broadcaster over reporting on alleged war crimes in Afghanistan](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2019-australia-afp-raids-abc-afghan-files) | [Australia](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/au) ([RSF 2026 rank: 33rd of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Surveillance and subpoenas](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/surveillance_and_subpoenas) | [Scott Morrison](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/scott-morrison) | Reversed (15 October 2020) |
| 1 October 2018 | [Saudi Arabia: spyware on an associate's phone precedes Jamal Khashoggi's killing by one day](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2018-saudi-arabia-pegasus-khashoggi-associate) | [Saudi Arabia](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/sa) ([RSF 2026 rank: 176th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Surveillance and subpoenas](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/surveillance_and_subpoenas) | [Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/king-salman) | Unknown (1 October 2018) |
| 19 June 2017 | [Mexico: journalist Carmen Aristegui receives Pegasus spyware through phishing texts](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2017-mexico-aristegui-pegasus-spyware) | [Mexico](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/mx) (RSF rank: not recorded) | [Surveillance and subpoenas](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/surveillance_and_subpoenas) | [Enrique Pena Nieto](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/enrique-pena-nieto) | Unknown (20 June 2017) |
| 17 October 2014 | [United States pursues New York Times reporter James Risen's testimony for years before dropping its demand for his source](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2014-us-james-risen-subpoena-jeffrey-sterling) | [United States](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/us) ([RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Surveillance and subpoenas](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/surveillance_and_subpoenas) | [Barack Obama](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/barack-obama) | Reversed (17 October 2014) |
| 10 October 2013 | [United States: Espionage Act prosecutions of sources for leaks to the press, 2009 to 2013](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2013-obama-doj-charges-eight-under-espionage-act) | [United States](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/us) ([RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Secrets and espionage laws](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/secrets_and_espionage_laws) | [Barack Obama](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/barack-obama) | Unknown |
| 18 August 2013 | [United Kingdom detains journalist's partner under terrorism law and oversees destruction of Guardian hard drives holding Snowden files](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2013-uk-miranda-detention-guardian-hard-drives) | [United Kingdom](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/gb) ([RSF 2026 rank: 18th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Surveillance and subpoenas](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/surveillance_and_subpoenas) | [David Cameron](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/david-cameron) | Upheld by a court (19 January 2016) |
| 20 May 2013 | [United States search warrant names Fox News reporter James Rosen a possible co-conspirator in a leak case](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2013-us-doj-names-fox-reporter-co-conspirator) | [United States](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/us) ([RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Surveillance and subpoenas](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/surveillance_and_subpoenas) | [Barack Obama](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/barack-obama) | Sustained (12 July 2013) |
| 13 May 2013 | [United States Justice Department secretly seizes two months of Associated Press phone records](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2013-us-doj-seizes-ap-phone-records) | [United States](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/us) ([RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Surveillance and subpoenas](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/surveillance_and_subpoenas) | [Barack Obama](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/barack-obama) | Sustained (12 July 2013) |
| 6 July 2005 | [New York Times reporter Judith Miller jailed for refusing to name a confidential source in the Valerie Plame affair](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2005-us-judith-miller-jailed-plame-source) | [United States](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/us) ([RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Surveillance and subpoenas](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/surveillance_and_subpoenas) | [George W. Bush](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/george-w-bush) | Upheld by a court (29 September 2005) |
| 1969 | [United States Supreme Court rules reporters have no privilege to refuse grand jury subpoenas](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1972-us-branzburg-v-hayes-reporters-privilege) | [United States](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/us) ([RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Surveillance and subpoenas](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/surveillance_and_subpoenas) | [Richard Nixon](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/richard-nixon) | Upheld by a court (29 June 1972) |
| November 1955 | [United States Senate panel subpoenas dozens of New York Times journalists over Communist ties](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1955-us-eastland-subcommittee-subpoenas-new-york-times) | [United States](https://thewaronnews.com/countries/us) ([RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180](https://rsf.org/en/index)) | [Surveillance and subpoenas](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/surveillance_and_subpoenas) | [Dwight D. Eisenhower](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/dwight-d-eisenhower) | Sustained (1 December 1956) |

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