Nice story at @theintercept by Daniel Boguslaw:
Chuck Grassley, a longtime defender of whistleblowers and a free press, was pushed by hard-right Sen. Tom Cotton into killing a whistleblower-protection measure.
Speaking out against the proposal, Cotton said that releasing the Pentagon Papers was an example of criminality that exactly does not deserve protection. https://theintercept.com/2022/12/19/chuck-grassley-press-act/