Subpoena of AP Phone Records Said to Damage Press Freedom

Subpoena of AP Phone Records Said to Damage Press Freedom

The government seizure of Associated Press telephone records in the course of a leak investigation undermined freedom of the press in the United States, congressional critics said yesterday. “It seems to me the damage done to a free press is substantial,” said Rep. Zoe Lofgren at a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee. Pursuant to subpoena, the government captured call records for 20 telephone

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