Not sure why you&#x27;re being downvoted. Here&#x27;s a corroborating source written in 2013 for the Congressional Research Service<p>&gt; leaks of classified information to the press have relatively infrequently been punished as crimes, and we are aware
of no case in which a publisher of information obtained through unauthorized disclosure by a government employee has been prosecuted for publishing it.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fas.org&#x2F;sgp&#x2F;crs&#x2F;secrecy&#x2F;R41404.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fas.org&#x2F;sgp&#x2F;crs&#x2F;secrecy&#x2F;R41404.pdf</a>