"Justice Department Seized AP Phone Records to Track Government Leaks" (Part-1) PBS Newshour 5/14/2013
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SUMMARY: The Justice Department (DOJ) secretly subpoenaed phone records of Associated Press journalists during two months in 2012. The AP was notified that records had been secretly seized for more than 20 of its phone lines, possibly to track government leaks of classified information about a foiled terror plot. Judy Woodruff reports.
"Was Seizure of AP's Phone Records Justified or Harmful to Press Freedom?" (Part-2) PBS Newshour 5/14/2013
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SUMMARY: Judy Woodruff talks with David Schultz, legal counsel for the Associated Press, about the procedures for accessing information from the news media about confidential sources, what constitutes "crossing the line" by the government and whether the current investigation was justified by the gravity of the situation.
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