Newly published Edward Snowden leak shows British spy agency (and close NSA partner) GCHQ intercepted emails from many of the US and UK's most respected news organizations.

The FBI and DoJ want to charge ex-CIA director David Petraeus for leaking classified info to his former biographer/mistress. The most likely law they'd charge Petraeus under? The 1917 Espionage Act. Just like Edward Snowden.

We've long known the Justice Department's stance on transparency has been hypocritical and disingenuous. But they've really outdone themselves this time.

Today, a judge in Dallas will decide the fate of journalist Barrett Brown, who is being sentenced in a case that has been fraught with controversy and deplorable conduct by… Read the rest of the article: Watch: 2 years before Snowden, Barrett Brown on why reporters should be covering intel contractors

A U.S. judge orders the government to decide by next Tuesday if they're going to force New York Times reporter James Risen to testify, once and for all.

On October 6th, New Zealand police raided the house of one of the country's best independent investigative journalists, Nicky Hager, seizing many of his family's belongings and his reporting equipment—all… Read the rest of the article: New Zealand police raided home of reporter working on Snowden documents. Here's how you can support his defense.

60 Minutes, which has been harshly criticized for running puff pieces for the NSA and FBI recently, is at it again.

US Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that he is resigning. Trevor Timm of Freedom of the Press Foundation says he's been the worst AG where press freedom issues are concerned since Nixon's John Mitchell.

In a new government report on National Security Letters, the FBI redacted the rules for using them on reporters.

The biggest falsehood spread by government advocates about Edward Snowden is that he took 1.7 million documents from the NSA.

It's now been over a month since the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to force the Obama administration to declassify parts of the Committee's landmark report on CIA torture, and the… Read the rest of the article: Obama administration proves why we need someone to leak CIA Torture Report

Hillary Clinton made her first extended public remarks about Edward Snowden late last week, and unfortunately she misstated some basic facts about the NSA whistleblower and how events have played… Read the rest of the article: Fact-checking Hillary Clinton's comments on Edward Snowden and the NSA

The US State Department announced the launch of its third annual "Free the Press" campaign today, which will purportedly highlight "journalists or media outlets that are censored, attacked, threatened, or… Read the rest of the article: State Dept launches 'Free the Press' campaign while DOJ asks Supreme Court to force NYT's James Risen to jail

Border agents detain American citizens for hours and seize laptops and phones without evidence or suspicion, Moreover, reports Trevor Timm, journalists are a frequent target.

In a disturbing ruling for democracy, a lower court in United Kingdom announced today that the detainment of journalist Glenn Greenwald's partner David Miranda was lawful under the Terrorism Act,… Read the rest of the article: Will US condemn UK for using terrorism laws to suppress journalism?

Former State Department official Stephen Kim announced today he will plead guilty to leaking classified information to Fox News journalist James Rosen and will serve 13 months in jail. The… Read the rest of the article: Guilty plea in Fox News leak case shows why Espionage Act prosecutions are unfair to reporters' sources

In a Senate Judiciary Hearing on NSA surveillance today, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper insinuated dozens of journalists reporting on documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden were "accomplices"… Read the rest of the article: US intel chief James Clapper: journalists reporting on leaked Snowden NSA docs "accomplices" to crime

Pentagon Papers whistleblower (and our co-founder) Daniel Ellsberg held an expansive, seven-hour long Reddit "Ask Me Anything" session yesterday to explain why NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden will join our board… Read the rest of the article: Highlights of Daniel Ellsberg's Reddit AMA on Edward Snowden and NSA surveillance

There seems to be a new talking point from government officials since a federal judge ruled NSA surveillance is likely unconstitutional last week: if Edward Snowden thinks he's a whistleblower,… Read the rest of the article: If Snowden returned to US for trial, could court admit any NSA leak evidence?

Freedom of the Press Foundation has taken charge of the DeadDrop project, an open-source whistleblower submission system originally coded by the late transparency advocate Aaron Swartz. In the coming months,… Read the rest of the article: Freedom of the Press Foundation Launches SecureDrop, an Open-Source Submission Platform for Whistleblowers