Attorney General Sessions and his League of Small Minds (LSM) seek to intimidate potential leakers into silence. Leakers who are responsible for what transparency exists for unfavorable information about current government policies and actions.
FOIA requests can and do uncover unfavorable information about government policies and actions, but far too often after the principals have sought the safety of the grave.
It’s far better to expose and stop ill-considered, even criminal activities in real time, before government adds more blighted lives and deaths to its record.
Traditional leaking involves a leaker, perhaps you, delivering physical or digital copies of data/documents to a reporter. That is it requires some act on your part, copying, email, smail, etc., which offers the potential to trace the leak back to you.
Have you considered No Fault Leaking? (NFL)
No Fault Leaking requires only a public Wi-Fi and appropriate file sharing permissions on your phone, laptop, tablet.
Public Wi-Fi: Potential Washington, DC based leakers can consult Free Wi-Fi Hotspot Locations in Washington, DC by Rachel Cooper, updated 7/28/2017. Similar listings exist for other locations.
File Sharing Permissions: Even non-techies should be able to follow the screen shots in One mistake people make using public Wi-Fi that lets everyone see their files by Francis Navarro. (Pro tip: Don’t view this article on your device or save a copy there. Memorize the process of turning file sharing on and off.)
After arriving at a Public Wi-Fi location, turn file sharing on. It’s as simple as that. You don’t know who if anyone has copied any files. Before you leave the location, turn file sharing off. (This works best if you have legitimate reasons to have the files in question on your laptop, etc.)
No Fault Leaking changes the role of the media from spoon-fed recipients of data/documents into more active participants in the leaking process.
To that end, ask yourself: Am I a fair weather (no risk) advocate of press freedom or something more?