Outrage as Justice Dept. secretly obtains PHONE RECORDS 100 Associated Press journalists in 'unprecedented intrusion' of news

Submitted by Quest-News-Serv... on Mon, 05/13/2013 - 17:16.
  • Department allegedly obtained records listing incoming and outgoing calls and duration of calls for more than 20 telephone lines used by journalists
  • Lines included the main number used by reporters in the House of Reps press gallery and general AP numbers in Washington and New York
  • The government would not say why it sought the records, from April and May 2012
  • AP President Gary Pruitt has demanded the records be returned or destroyed claiming: 'There can be no possible justification' for such an intrusion
  • Outrage as Justice Dept. secretly obtains PHONE RECORDS of up to 100 Associated Press journalists in 'unprecedented intrusion' of news gathering

 

 
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