FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY,
BILL KELLER, JAMES RISEN, ERIC LICHTBLAU,
and JOHN AND JANE DOES 1 THROUGH 20,
Defendants.
THE GRAND JURY CHARGES THAT:
INTRODUCTORY ALLEGATIONS
At all times material to this indictment:
1. Defendant The New York Times Company was the publisher of the general circulation newspaper The New York Times.
2. Defendants Keller, Risen, and Lichtblau were agents and/or employees of The New York Times.
3. Defendants John and Jane Does 1 through 20 included among them agents and/or employees of the United States.
4. Defendants John and Jane Does 1 through 20 had a legal duty to act in accordance with law regarding all officially classified information and documents and information relating to the national defense in their possession and/or under their control.
5. Defendants The New York Times Company, Keller, or Lichtblau were not entitled legally to have under their control and/or possess, disclose, and/or communicate officially classified information and documents and information relating to the national defense.
6. At a time or times subsequent to September 11, 2001, the exact time or times being unknown to the grand jurors, defendants John and Jane Does 1 through 20, knowingly and willfully disclosed and communicated to defendants The New York Times Company, Keller, Risen, and Lichtblau, officially classified information and documents and information concerning a National Security Agency communication intelligence surveillance program vital to the United States' national defense.
7. Defendants The New York Times Company, Keller, Risen, and Lichblau, within the Southern District of New York, knowingly and willfully caused to be published, and published, said classified information and documents and information in The New York Times.
8. None of the defendants John and Jane Does 1 through 20 were legally authorized to disclose or communicate said classified information and documents and information to defendants The New York Times Company, Keller, Risen, or Lichtblau.
9. None of the defendants The New York Times Company, Keller, Risen, or Lichtblau were legally authorized to possess or publish said classified information and documents and information.
10. None of the defendants The New York Times Company, Keller, Risen, or Lichtblau were legally authorized to publish said classified information and documents and information.
COUNT ONE
Treason
(All defendants)
11. The communicating, furnishing, transmitting, and otherwise making available the said classified information and documents and information by defendants John and Jane Does 1 through 20 knowingly and willfully to defendants The New York Times Company, Keller, Risen, and Lichtblau constituted adhering to the enemies of the United States and giving them aid and comfort.
12. The publication of the said classified information and documents and information by The New York Times Company, Keller, Risen, and Lichtblau constituted adhering to the enemies of the United States and giving them aid and comfort.
(In violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 2381.)
COUNT TWO
Disclosure of classified information
(Defendants John and Jane Does 1 through 20)
13. At a time or times subsequent to September 11, 2001, the exact time or times being unknown to the grand jurors, defendants John and Jane Does 1 through 20, or some of them, knowingly and willfully communicated, furnished, transmitted, and otherwise made available classified information concerning the communication intelligence activities of the United States to a person or persons not entitled to receive it, to wit, defendants The New York Times Company, Keller, Risen, and Lichtblau.
(In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 798.)
COUNT THREE
Communication of national defense information
(Defendants The New York Times Company, Keller, Risen, and Lichtblau)
14. At a time or times subsequent to September 11, 2001, the exact time or times being unknown to the grand jurors, defendants The New York Times Company, Keller, Risen, and Lichtblau, having unauthorized possession of the aforesaid documents or information relating to the national defense, which documents or information defendants had reason to believe could be used to the injury of the United States, willfully communicated the same to persons not entitled to receive it by publishing said information in The New York Times.
(In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 793(d).)
COUNT FOUR
Disclosure of classified information
(Defendants The New York Times Company, Keller, Risen, and Lichtblau)
15. At a time or times subsequent to September 11, 2001, the exact time or times being unknown to the grand jurors, defendants The New York Times Company, Keller, Risen, and Lichtblau published and used in a manner prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States to its detriment, classified information concerning the communication intelligence activities of the United States.
(In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 798.)
COUNT FIVE
Conspiracy to commit treason
(All defendants)
16. Beginning after September 11, 2001 and continuing until December 16, 2006, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, all defendants did unlawfully, knowingly and willfully conspire, confederate and agree together and with others, known and unknown to the Grand Jury, to commit the following offense against the United States, to wit: to adhere to its enemies and give them aid and comfort.
17. The defendants' overt acts in furtherance of their conspiracy consisted of defendants John and Jane Does 1 through 20, knowingly and willfully communicating, furnishing, transmitting, and otherwise making available to defendants The New York Times Company, Keller, Risen, and Lichtblau, classified information and documents and information concerning a National Security Agency communication intelligence surveillance program vital to the United States' national defense, and further consisted of defendants The New York Times Company, Keller, Risen, and Lichblau, causing to be published, and publishing, said classified information in The New York Times and elsewhere.
(In violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 371.)
COUNT SIX
Conspiracy to communicate national defense information
(All defendants)
18. Beginning after September 11, 2001 and continuing until December 16, 2006, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, all defendants did unlawfully, knowingly and willfully conspire, confederate and agree together and with others, known and unknown to the Grand Jury, to commit the following offense against the United States, to wit: to knowingly and willfully communicate, furnish, transmit, and otherwise made available, or use in a manner prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States to its detriment, national defense information concerning the communication intelligence activities of the United States to a person or persons not entitled to receive it.
19. The defendants' overt acts in furtherance of their conspiracy consisted of defendants John and Jane Does 1 through 20 willfully communicating to defendants The New York Times Company, Keller, Risen, and Lichtblau, documents and information concerning a National Security Agency communication intelligence surveillance program vital to the United States' national defense, and further consisted of defendants The New York Times Company, Keller, Risen, and Lichblau, causing to be published, and publishing, said documents and information in The New York Times and elsewhere.
(In violations of 18 U.S.C. Section 371.)
COUNT SEVEN
Conspiracy to disclose classified information
(All defendants)
20. Beginning after September 11, 2001 and continuing until December 16, 2006, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, all defendants did unlawfully, knowingly and willfully conspire, confederate and agree together and with others, known and unknown to the Grand Jury, to commit the following offense against the United States, to wit: to knowingly and willfully communicate, furnish, transmit, and otherwise made available, or use in a manner prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States to its detriment, classified information concerning the communication intelligence activities of the United States to a person or persons not entitled to receive it.
21. The defendants' overt acts in furtherance of their conspiracy consisted of defendants John and Jane Does 1 through 20 unlawfully disclosing and communicating to defendants The New York Times Company, Keller, Risen, and Lichtblau, classified information concerning a National Security Agency communication intelligence surveillance program vital to the United States' national defense, and further consisted of defendants The New York Times Company, Keller, Risen, and Lichblau, causing to be published, and publishing, said classified information in The New York Times and elsewhere.
(In violation of 18 U.S.C. Sections 371)
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