Yeah, was the reporter a terrorist?The Times reported Thursday that the DOJ seized years' worth of records from journalist Ali Watkins's time as a reporter at BuzzFeed News and Politico before she joined The Times in 2017 as a federal law enforcement reporter, according to the report Thursday.
Watkins was alerted by a prosecutor in February that the DOJ had years of records and subscriber information from telecommunications companies such as Google and Verizon for two email accounts and a phone number belonging to her.
Investigators did not receive the content of the records, according to The Times.
The newspaper reported that it learned of the letter on Thursday.
"It’s always disconcerting when a journalist’s telephone records are obtained by the Justice Department — through a grand jury subpoena or other legal process,” Watkin's attorney Mark MacDougall said in a statement to The Times.
“Whether it was really necessary here will depend on the nature of the investigation and the scope of any charges.”
The Hill
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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