“Under heavy criticism from media organizations and others, the Obama administration has pulled back on one important aspect of its crackdown on government leaks: the ability of prosecutors to secretly seize reporters’ records while investigating leaks to the media. In an announcement Friday, the Justice Department said it is toughening the guidelines for subpoenaing reporters’ phone records while also raising the standard the government needs to meet before it can issue search warrants to gather reporters’ email.”
Related posts:
New York Fed Massively Disagrees With DOE's Student Loan Default Data
Honduras 'no longer functioning' after plunging over fiscal cliff
The Next Seven States To Legalize Pot
State Department abandons effort to close down Guantanamo Bay
Top Federal Reserve economist slams 'incoherent' European Central Bank
Harvard Study: No Correlation Between Gun Control and Less Violent Crime
Bitcoin Ready To Go Mainstream With First U.S. Exchange
Pacific Group to Convert 1/3 of Hedge-Fund Assets to Gold
Obama Sees ObamaCare as Legacy Too Worthy to Resist
Audit finds NSA violated ‘thousands’ of its own privacy rules
As Thieves Troll Spanish Farmland, Villagers Begin Patrols
Trump announces trade war with Canada, retroactive 20% tax on lumber
John Paulson: Rationale for owning gold is valid
WikiLeaks: Journalist Michael Hastings Under FBI Investigation Before Death
Bitcoin bugs invest $10m in China's largest exchange