US EditionWashington Post demands government return materials seized from reporter
The Washington Post seeks to bar government use of devices seized from reporter Hannah Natanson amid a leak probe linked to a Pentagon contractor's classified documents case.
- On Wednesday, The Washington Post asked a federal court in Virginia to return electronic devices seized last week from reporter Hannah Natanson's Virginia home and bar government use of the materials.
- Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones, Pentagon contractor, was arrested earlier this month on unauthorized removal of classified documents, and Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Defense Department requested the search of Natanson's home linked to his probe.
- The seized material spanned years of Hannah Natanson's reporting across hundreds of stories and included communications with confidential sources; federal agents took two phones, two laptops, a recorder, a portable hard drive and a Garmin smart watch last Wednesday.
- The Post argued the searches violated Hannah Natanson's First Amendment rights, and Bruce Brown, president, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, urged the court to block government review until the threat is addressed.
- The Justice Department's guidance allows prosecutors to use subpoenas, court orders, and search warrants in leak probes, rescinding prior protections for journalists' phone records, Bondi said.
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The Washington Post asked a federal court on Wednesday for an order to force federal authorities to return the electronic devices they confiscated last week at the home of a Post journalist in Virginia. The paper argued that the search and seizures made by the federal government violated journalist Hannah Natanson’s right to freedom of expression enshrined in the First Amendment and the legal guarantees for journalists.
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