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US Justice Department Dug Up Reporter's Phone, Bank Records

tripleevenfall writes "A court filing provides new details about the extraordinary measures Justice Department prosecutors are using to identify government leakers. Prosecutors obtained a suspect's telephone, credit and bank records. Lucy Dalglish, of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press said, 'This tells us the Obama administration will do almost anything to figure out who is leaking government information.'"

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  1. Okay, And? by JRHelgeson · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    How, exactly, is this news?

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