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There's a fair bit of dispute about whether this is valid. The active criminalization of journalism is worrisome.
by macintux 9mo ago
There's a fair bit of dispute about whether this is valid. The active criminalization of journalism is worrisome.
- extraaccounts 9mo ago[dead]
- pc86 9mo agoIt's signed by a judge, it's valid. What is in dispute, exactly?
- macintux 9mo ago> The Justice Department failed to tell a magistrate judge about a 1980 law protecting journalists in its application materials for a warrant https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/politics/doj-press-law-warrant-application-washington-post-journalist.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/politics/doj-press-law... Previously: > U.S. Magistrate Judge William B. Porter wrote in his order that the government must preserve any materials seized during the raid and may not review them until the court authorizes it https://san.com/cc/judge-blocks-fbis-access-to-washington-post-reporters-seized-devices/ https://san.com/cc/judge-blocks-fbis-access-to-washington-po...