one focus leak crackdown announce friday u.s. attorney general jeff sessions journalists receive leak information another suspect leakers republican president donald trump complain months leak news media democratic predecessor barack obama also take hard line leak eight 12 case federal prosecutors charge individuals violate espionage act world war one-era law aim keep sensitive information hand unite state enemies bring obama 12 case date back 46 years daniel ellsberg become first case 1971 prosecutors accuse national security analyst colleague anthony russo provide would become know pentagon paper new york time media outlets secret document reveal extent u.s. involvement vietnam charge two men dismiss judge find government wiretapped ellsberg possibly illegally samuel morison former navy intelligence analyst charge 1984 illegally pass secret photograph soviet ship magazine jane defence weekly plead guilty jury convict make first person convict espionage act divulge secrets press sentence two years prison parole president bill clinton pardon lawrence franklin defense department employee charge 2005 pass classify information iran two pro-israel lobbyists steven rosen keith weissman franklin plead guilty receive 12-year sentence eventually government case rosen weissman collapse judge reduce franklin sentence 10 months halfway house shamai leibowitz fbi translator material hear translate end blog reach agreement prosecutors charge plead guilty 2009 one count disclose classify information sentence 20 months prison former national security agency official thomas drake suspect 2010 reveal information agency warrantless wiretapping program indict espionage act say information leak waste nsa program give baltimore sun 10 felony count drop plead guilty misdemeanor receive prison time chelsea man army private first class formerly know bradley man turn 700,000 classify file anti-secrecy website wikileaks big breach secret data u.s. history man find guilty 19 count acquit serious one aid enemy sentence august 2013 35 years military prison release may obama last days office commute final 28 years man sentence stephen kim u.s. state department contract analyst allegedly divulge fox news reporter u.s. intelligence believe north korea would respond new sanction grand jury indict 2010 disclose defense information make false statements plead guilty 2014 sentence thirteen months prison release may 2015. former cia officer jeffrey sterling charge 2011 illegally disclose classify information iran jam rise new york time reporter book state war jury convict sterling 2015. judge sentence 42 months prison former cia officer john kiriakou charge 2012 divulge journalists secret information cia interrogation program include identity covert officer agreement prosecutors plead guilty one count sentence two half years prison release february 2015 condition serve three months house arrest u.s. officials say june 2013 file seal criminal charge former nsa contractor edward snowden unauthorized leak theft government property snowden prompt worldwide debate give document newspapers show extent u.s. surveillance program russia grant asylum former fbi bomb analyst donald sachtleben agree september 2013 plead guilty disclose national defense information tell associate press reporter detail fail airline bomb attempt yemen-based al qaeda arabian peninsula judge sentence sachtleben year 43-month prison term national security offenses consecutive 97-month term unrelated child pornography charge justice department charge u.s. intelligence contractor reality leigh winner violate espionage act leak classify report russian interference u.s. elections intercept nsa report describe russian efforts launch cyber attack least one u.s. vote software supplier send spear-phishing email 100 local officials days nov. 2016 election factbox long history u.s. leakers media face charge