FBI raid on reporter's home sparks new clash over press protections
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The Justice Department obtained a search warrant and seized a Washington Post reporter’s devices in a national-security leak probe, a move critics call unprecedented and a potential chilling effect for press freedom, with the Post backing Natanson and press advocates urging transparency on the government’s justification.
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