> We have rules against slander, defamation, libel, blackmail and leaking secrets, technically they are speech.

slander/defamation/libel aren't criminal laws. It's civil law.

That's why the Covington Catholic School kid has to sue "trusted" liberal outlets which allegedly defamed him in a civil court for instant.

How did that turn out?

It's ongoing. He had been stopped on a technicality related to deadlines, but a new ruling by the court gets him past that.