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Justice Department To End Practice Of Seizing Journalist’s Records During Leak Investigations

by ErinBoogie
June 6, 2021
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The Justice Department announced on Saturday that it will no longer seize journalist records during leak investigations. It comes as a policy shift of a practice that was condemned by news organizations.

It also comes after a report that federal prosecutors aggressively sought communication data from reporters in an effort to identify their sources, CNN reports. 

The change follows President Joe Biden’s pledge last month that he would not allow the Justice Department to continue seizing journalists’ records. Although not immediately followed by action, the statements made Saturday by the White House and Justice Department indicated a turnaround from the tactic that has been used for years.

“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,” department director of public affairs Anthony Coley said in a statement. 

The commitment from the Justice Department follows a bombshell report by the New York Times that revealed a top lawyer for the paper had disclosed that the department under the Trump administration, and then continued under Biden’s administration, tried to obtain four journalists’ email logs. The disclosure was just the latest report of the department attempting to obtain reporter records. 

The Times reporters weren’t the only ones affected. The Justice Department also sought records from CNN, Washington Post, and other outlet’s journalists.

Top executives at the Times were aware of the effort by the Biden administration to obtain reporters’ emails. But, they were placed under a gag order, which prevented them from discussing the matter.

And while steps have been taken to end the practice, no formal policy changes have been enacted. This means that any other administration can resume the practice at any time. 

The Justice Department did not name the government leak at the center of its investigation, but according to the outlet, the evidence pointed to a Times report from 2017 regarding former FBI Director James Comey.  

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