A federal appeals court ruled that James Risen, an author and a reporter for The New York Times, must testify against a former government official charged with giving him classified information.
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The journalist Glenn Greenwald, who first reported on the documents leaked by Edward J. Snowden, has a deal with Metropolitan Books.
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A Harvard law professor testified that WikiLeaks performed a legitimate journalistic function when Pfc. Bradley Manning gave it vast archives of secret government files.
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The question of who is a journalist is important, partly because when it comes to divulging national secrets, the law grants journalists special protections that are afforded to no one else.
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Julian Assange and his organization, WikiLeaks, are being investigated by at least four United States government agencies, along with a grand jury that has subpoenaed witnesses.
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On “Meet the Press’’ on Sunday, David Gregory asked Glenn Greenwald whether he should be charged with a crime for publishing leaked information from Edward J. Snowden.
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The documentarian Laura Poitras says her role in the leaking of American surveillance programs was “not something I was seeking out.”
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Last week’s scoop by The Guardian about N.S.A. surveillance is a major coup for a news organization that established a beachhead in the United States less than two years ago.
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Edward J. Snowden orchestrated an elaborate plan to reveal the closely guarded secrets he had emerged with from deep inside the American national security apparatus.
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Edward J. Snowden has stepped into public view as the source of disclosures about the nation’s surveillance programs.
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A Justice Department inquiry of a Fox News reporter has spurred outrage from some reliable critics of the press.
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Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., under fire over investigative tactics at the Justice Department, has opened internal discussions over new limits on seeking information that could identify reporters’ sources.
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Despite President Obama’s conciliatory gesture of a review of Justice Department investigations involving journalists, some reporters say that chill has already set in.
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President Obama asked Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to scrutinize Justice Department investigations and said he was “troubled” that such inquiries could hinder reporters.
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South Africa’s Parliament on Thursday passed a much-criticized secrecy bill that will restrict access to information and impose hefty fines and jail terms on reporters who publish information the government classifies as secret.
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The government is withholding details about Pfc. Bradley Manning’s ostensibly public trial over state secrets.
Despite a guilty plea, military prosecutors decided to proceed with a court-martial that could result in a sentence of life without parole for Pfc. Bradley Manning.
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