nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230216-233112-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230216s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230216-233112-0 doi eng 342 23 Nuotio, Kimmo Author aut (orcid)0000-0003-4889-1634 Watchdog Watching Too Closely - Journalists Reporting on Military Intelligence Were Held Guilty of a Crime in Finland Nuotio, Kimmo Verfassungsblog 2023-02-16 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In December 2017, readers of the largest and maybe also the most esteemed Finnish newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat, were surprised to find an article which, among others, showed excerpts of classified, red-labelled documents. Very little was publicly known about the workings of that special center, part of the military intelligence, situated in a faraway resort. More than five years later, on January 27th, 2023, the Helsinki District Court found both of the journalists guilty of criminal disclosure charges. Put simply, the court’s decision is that media may report abuses of power. However, an interest to attract readers only is not enough to justify the disclosure. CC BY-SA 4.0 Finland Freedom of Speech intelligence services media freedom National Security Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/watchdog-watching-too-closely/ raw object