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| Subject: Justice Dept. discloses info on news media subpoenas Sat Aug 15, 2015 9:47 pm | |
| Former Attorney General Eric Holder last year authorized three subpoenas or search warrant applications seeking information from members of the news media, the Justice Department disclosed Friday in its first annual report of cases in which prosecutors have requested information from journalists.
The four-page report was part of a pledge Holder made last year to release such information annually as the Justice Department worked to redo its guidelines for issuing subpoenas to journalists.
Though much of the information in the document was already widely known, its release represents an effort by the department to be more open about its interactions with the media. The department was widely criticized after seizing telephone records from Associated Press reporters and editors during a national security leak investigation. That episode helped give rise to new guidelines for obtaining records from reporters, which the department announced earlier this year.
https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/justice-dept-discloses-news-media-191127761.html |
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