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  "title": "Secrecy and Leaks: When the U.S. Government Prosecuted the Chicago Tribune",
  "publisher": "National Security Archive, George Washington University",
  "published_on": "2017-10-25",
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      "statement": "A federal grand jury refused to indict the Chicago Tribune in 1942 over Stanley Johnston's article describing advance U.S. Navy knowledge of Japanese plans for the Battle of Midway.",
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      "title": "United States: Justice Department investigates the Chicago Tribune under the Espionage Act over Battle of Midway coverage"
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