>According to the indictment, in August 2014, Mr. Hale’s cellphone contact list included information for the reporter... That sounds like they used his Google

>According to the indictment, in August 2014, Mr. Hale’s cellphone contact list included information for the reporter... That sounds like they used his Google Account/iCloud account to find back-ups and that was how they found that information. Otherwise, that's oddly specific for having been almost five years ago, now.