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Government

May 18, 2013

Lawyers analyze Justice Department's subpoena of AP phone records

The Justice Department's surreptitious look at Associated Press phone records in an effort to identify an alleged national security leak has drawn considerable scrutiny since the news broke earlier this week.


By Henry Meier


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The Department of Justice's surreptitious look at Associated Press phone records in an effort to identify an alleged national security leak has drawn a firestorm of scrutiny since the news broke earlier this week, with some calling for a federal law shielding the press from such intrusions.


But others with past experience as federal prosecutors defended the Justice Department's existing intern...

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