# Secrecy and Leaks: When the U.S. Government Prosecuted the Chicago Tribune

National Security Archive, George Washington University, 2017-10-25

- Address: https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/intelligence/2017-10-25/secrecy-leaks-when-us-government-prosecuted-chicago-tribune
- Kind: reporting
- Last checked: 2026-09-26
- Archived copy: none yet

## Cited by

- [United States: Justice Department investigates the Chicago Tribune under the Espionage Act over Battle of Midway coverage](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1942-us-chicago-tribune-midway-espionage-act)
- [Claim 873: 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.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/873)
- [Claim 875: Federal investigators framed the article as damaging national security by indirectly revealing that the United States had penetrated Japan's naval codes.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/875)

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