US EditionJudge weighs Washington Post’s demand for government to return devices seized from reporter’s home
The Justice Department claims the seized devices contain national security evidence, while the reporter's lawyer warns the seizure risks revealing hundreds of confidential sources.
- On Friday, U.S. Magistrate Judge William Porter is weighing a Post request to have seized devices returned or segregated, after temporarily barring government review last month.
- Federal agents searched Natanson’s Alexandria home on January 14, seizing multiple devices after prosecutors linked her to Pentagon contractor Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones, arrested on Jan. 8.
- The judge noted the reporter has been deprived of much of her reporting work, as Post attorney Simon Latcovich argued the seized material could expose hundreds of confidential sources who have stopped communicating since last month.
- Porter suggested a court-appointed `filter team` to separate warrant-related data, while Justice Department attorneys argued the government can retain seized material in the national-security leak probe.
- Press-Freedom advocates warned the government ignored the Privacy Protection Act of 1980 in a reporter's home search, raising alarm over nondisclosure, Gabe Rottman said earlier this month.
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Judge weighs Washington Post's demand for government to return devices seized from reporter's home
A judge is weighing the Washington Post's demand for federal authorities to return electronic devices seized from a Post reporter’s Virginia home last month. U.S.
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