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  "title": "Reporters Committee leads effort to unseal grand jury testimony from 1942 Espionage Act investigation of Chicago Tribune",
  "publisher": "Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press",
  "published_on": "2014-11-18",
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      "id": 872,
      "statement": "The Chicago Tribune published Stanley Johnston's article on the Battle of Midway on June 7, 1942, prompting a Department of Justice investigation.",
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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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