Tlaib introduces legislation to protect whistleblowers, journalists from targeting by Espionage Act

By: Katherine Dailey

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: March 13, 2026

Words: 426

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday to limit the scope of the Espionage Act from use against whistleblowers, journalists and publishers.

The bill seeks to establish the Daniel Ellsberg Press Freedom and Whistleblower Protection Act, named after the whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971 and was subsequently charged under the Espionage Act, though he was not found guilty of those charges.

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