Prof. Kitrosser Quoted in Los Angeles Times on Justice Department's Announced Leak Crackdown

Professor Heidi Kitrosser's views were cited in a Los Angeles Times story entitled "Sessions Says Justice Department Will Boost Investigations of Leaks, May Pursue Reporters." The story paraphrased Kitrosser as saying that the Espionage Act, which is the main law used to prosecute leakers of classified information, "is broad," and that "far too many records are classified as secret, giving prosecutors the ability to target people who reveal wrongdoing." Kitrosser also was quoted directly as explaining that “It becomes very easy for prosecutors to pick and choose to go after certain leakers, not because the information is dangerous, but because they want to send a message."