This is the same case as the AP spying scandal, where Holder wiretapped the offices of the AP: "A year later, it became known that the Justice Department had s

This is the same case as the AP spying scandal, where Holder wiretapped the offices of the AP: "A year later, it became known that the Justice Department had secretly subpoenaed phone companies for calling records for 20 phone lines of Associated Press offices and reporters, without providing advance notice to the organization so they could negotiate over the scope of the effort or ask a judge to quash the subpoena." (Previous HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5701265 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5701265) Bizarre coincidence (?) they've also convicted the journalists' source for child porn: "In a twist, Mr. Sachtleben, 55, of Carmel, Ind., was already the subject of a separate F.B.I. investigation for distributing child pornography, and has separately agreed to plead guilty in that matter and serve 97 months. His total sentence for both sets of offenses, should the plea deal be accepted by a judge, is 140 months."