Intercept reporter Cora Currier received leaked copies of the FBI's confidential rulebooks.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by The Intercept's own published series, corroborating outlets (Freedom of the Press Foundation, Boing Boing), Currier's own later account, and the Terry Albury Espionage Act case tied to the leak. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=unverified indep_score=0.3 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable] [rescored 2026-09-15: curated origin-host map (PR #65); unclassified hosts no longer scored as aggregators]
Sources
- The Breakthrough: Uncovering the FBI's Secret Rules (seed:conspiracy_and_investigation)
- https://theintercept.com/2017/01/31/secret-rules-make-it-pretty-easy-for-the-fbi-to-spy-on-journalists-2/ (corroboration)
- https://theintercept.com/document/2017/01/31/domestic-investigations-and-operations-guide/ (corroboration)
- https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2025/11/06/pervasive-impunity-homeland-richard-beck/ (corroboration)
- https://freedom.press/issues/leaked-fbi-documents-reveal-secret-rules-for-spying-on-journalists-with-national-security-letters/ (corroboration)