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He did: "Going forward, consistent with the President's direction, this Department of Justice – in a change to its longstanding practice – will not seek compul
by Sebguer 5y ago
He did:
"Going forward, consistent with the President's direction, this Department of Justice – in a change to its longstanding practice – will not seek compulsory legal process in leak investigations to obtain source information from members of the news media doing their jobs," Justice Department spokesman Anthon Coley said in a statement Saturday.
- tootie 5y agoThis was not a leak investigation and they weren't after sources. The article mentions the completely unrelated change in policy regarding some other cases. The only correlation is they involve newspapers.
- mr_toad 5y ago> in leak investigations to obtain source information from members of the news media That means they won’t subpoena journalists phone records when looking for whistleblowers. It doesn’t mean they won’t go after reader’s IP when looking for other suspects.