# United States v. Morison (4th Cir.) (1988)

The First Amendment Encyclopedia, Middle Tennessee State University, 2009

- Address: https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/united-states-v-morison-4th-cir/
- Kind: reference
- Last checked: 2026-09-26
- Archived copy: none yet

## Cited by

- [United States: Espionage Act conviction of Samuel Loring Morison for leaking satellite photographs to Jane's Defence Weekly, 1985 to 1988](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1985-us-morison-espionage-act-conviction)
- [Claim 772: The government prosecuted Morison after identifying him as the source of the leaked photographs.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/772)
- [Claim 773: Morison held a security clearance at the Naval Intelligence Support Center and had signed an agreement not to disclose classified information.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/773)
- [Claim 774: The leaked photographs showed a Soviet aircraft carrier under construction and were published by Jane's in 1984.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/774)
- [Claim 775: Morison leaked the satellite photographs to Jane's Defence Weekly.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/775)
- [Claim 776: Judge Russell explained that different sections of the Espionage Act covered disclosure to foreign governments and disclosure to others, including the press.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/776)
- [Claim 777: The court separately upheld Morison's conviction on the related federal charge of theft of government property.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/777)
- [Claim 778: The court held that transmitting information to the media does not give a source special constitutional protection.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/778)
- [Claim 779: Morison's case ended with a presidential pardon after the Supreme Court declined to hear it.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/779)

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