A US judge on Wednesday blocked federal prosecutors from searching data on a Washington Post reporter’s electronic devices seized during what one press freedom group called an “unconstitutional and illegal” raid last week.
US Magistrate Judge William B. Porter in Alexandria, Virginia—who also authorized the January 14 raid of Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home—ruled that “the government must preserve but must not review any of the materials that law enforcement seized pursuant to search warrants the court issued.”
The government has until January 28 to respond to the Post’s initial legal filings against the agent’s actions. Oral arguments in the case are scheduled for February 6.
Indeed but at the same time the DOJ needs to show that the source was indeed not the raid.
“The origin is the department records office.”
“How did it get in the records office.”
“We stored it after a different raid that was found illegal.”
And even mask off it’s still “works for the small number of people.”
The masks are off but the system is still the system