Reporters Julian Barnes, Eric Lipton, Tyler Pager, and Eric Schmitt were subpoenaed in a leak investigation
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Summary
Subpoenas were issued to reporters and editors Julian Barnes, Eric Lipton, Tyler Pager and Eric Schmitt. The president denied that the change of aircraft was related to threats from Iran, and White House spokesman Steven Cheung described the new Air Force One as a state-of-the-art aircraft with a high level of security. Lawyer for the newspaper David McCraw said that federal agents coming to journalists' homes should alarm every American who believes in the constitution and the freedom of the press that the constitution protects.
Furthermore, The Justice Department has already issued similar subpoenas this year to journalists from The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, but later withdrew them. According to him, the government is trying to intimidate journalists and prevent the public from learning how the state administration works. Investigations into leaks of classified information are common in the United States, but subpoenaing journalists to testify is unusual according to media freedom advocates and discourages sources and reporters from investigative work.
In addition, The newspaper described the Justice Department's action as an attempt to intimidate the media and an attack on press freedom. This was reported by the AP agency and the NYT newspaper itself.
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Subpoenas were issued to reporters and editors Julian Barnes, Eric Lipton, Tyler Pager and Eric Schmitt.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesThe president denied that the change of aircraft was related to threats from Iran, and White House spokesman Steven Cheung described the new Air Force One as a state-of-the-art aircraft with a high level of security.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesLawyer for the newspaper David McCraw said that federal agents coming to journalists' homes should alarm every American who believes in the constitution and the freedom of the press that the constitution protects.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesThe Justice Department has already issued similar subpoenas this year to journalists from The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, but later withdrew them.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesAccording to him, the government is trying to intimidate journalists and prevent the public from learning how the state administration works.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesInvestigations into leaks of classified information are common in the United States, but subpoenaing journalists to testify is unusual according to media freedom advocates and discourages sources and reporters from investigative work.
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The newspaper described the Justice Department's action as an attempt to intimidate the media and an attack on press freedom.
according to Seznam ZprávyThis was reported by the AP agency and the NYT newspaper itself.
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