Leopold v. Department of Justice

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _________________________________________ ) JASON LEOPOLD et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Civil No. 17-cv-2819 (APM) ) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, ) ) Defendant. ) _________________________________________ ) MEMORANDUM OPINION I. INTRODUCTION In July 2017, the United States Senate Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee released a report titled “State Secrets: How an Avalanche of Media Leaks is Harming National Security.” Appended to the report was a list of 152 news articles allegedly containing leaks of classified national…