US EditionUS judge temporarily blocks review of material seized from Washington Post reporter
U.S. Magistrate Judge William Porter halted DOJ access to seized devices during a leak probe involving a Pentagon contractor, preserving press protections until a hearing next month.
- On Jan 21, U.S. Magistrate Judge William Porter temporarily barred federal prosecutors from reviewing material seized from Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson after an FBI search last week and ordered the stay to preserve the status quo while DOJ responds.
- FBI agents searched Natanson's Virginia home last week in a probe tied to Pentagon contractor Aurelio Perez-Lugones, accused of unlawfully retaining national defense information.
- Post attorneys asked the court to order the return of two phones, two laptops, a Garmin watch, a portable hard drive and a recording device, the Post's legal filing dated January 14 said.
- Amid mounting concern over press freedoms, the government now has until January 28th to respond to the Post's filing after the court granted the standstill order, while free press groups said the search could chill newsgathering.
- A court ruling could set precedent on applying the Privacy Protection Act and DOJ's News Media Guidelines , amid the Trump administration's Justice Department reversing reporter-record protections last year.
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Reporter Raided By FBI Lost Contact With Over 1,000 Sources
Agents seized her work laptop, personal laptop, iPhone, a terabyte hard drive, and Garmin running watch. The search warrant that the government obtained indicated that the raid was connected to an Espionage Act prosecution against a Pentagon contractor named Aurelio Perez-Lugones.
Pentagon contractor indicted in leak case tied to search of Washington
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pentagon contractor was indicted Thursday on charges that he illegally removed and shared classified national defense information with a journalist, a case that has drawn national attention after federal agents searched a reporter’s home as part of the investigation. Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones was charged with five counts of unlawfully transmitting and one count of unlawfully retaining classified national defense information,…
Pentagon contractor indicted in leak case tied to search of Washington Post reporter's home
Federal prosecutors say a Pentagon contractor has been indicted on charges that he illegally handled classified national defense information that he took home from work and later gave to a news reporter.
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Pentagon contractor indicted in leak case tied to search of Washington Post reporter’s home
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