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Judge says government may not search devices seized from Post reporter
Judge Porter will personally review seized devices of reporter Hannah Natanson amid national security probe, citing protection of over 1,000 confidential sources, court documents show.
- On Tuesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge William Porter refused prosecutors' unsupervised search and will personally review Hannah Natanson, Washington Post reporter's seized devices in the Virginia federal court.
- Pentagon contractor Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones was arrested on Jan. 8 on charges of unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents, and Justice Department attorneys argued the seized material contains evidence in an ongoing investigation.
- During a Jan. 14 search, federal agents seized a phone, two laptops, a recorder, a portable hard drive and a Garmin smartwatch from Natanson's Alexandria, Virginia home, while a judge warned DOJ filter searches risk exposing more than 1,000 confidential sources.
- The court found that seizing a reporter's electronic work product restrains First Amendment rights and denied the Post's request for immediate return, drawing criticism from press freedom advocates.
- Last month, U.S. Magistrate Judge William Porter temporarily barred the government from reviewing Natanson’s devices and sharply rebuked prosecutors for withholding critical Privacy Protection Act of 1980 details.
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Judge bars government from ‘wholesale' search of Post reporter's seized devices
Federal authorities are barred from conducting an “unsupervised, wholesale search” of electronic devices that they seized from a Washington Post reporter’s Virginia home while investigating allegations that a Pentagon contractor illegally leaked classified information to the journalist, a magistrate judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. Magistrate Judge William Porter said he will independently review the contents of Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s devices …
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