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He didn't seize anything. The DOJ subpoenaed phone records from the phone company. The target isn't a journalist, or the AP, but a government worker who leaked classified information.
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It would also be nice if news items about the investigation could mention that the leak revealed the identity of a CIA agent. It's not like the president just hates reporters, it's that someone with knowledge of what US intelligence is doing is handing information to reporters that jeopardizes the safety of the people we are putting in harm's way.

You can think whatever you want about how the US deploys intelligence assets, but as long as they're risking their lives, we ought to hold up a minimum standard of safety that includes "the government will not reveal your identity."
3
Yeah, I'd be pissed if the government was targeting people who do what I do, too. Sad that the media don't share this outrage over spying on Arab college students, radical politicos, etc.
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Merc, the press is not on the right side of this one. The reporters who cover national intelligence issues KNOW that this kind of reporting leads to compromised national security, and yet they publish anyway. I'm far from being an apologist for our national security apparatus, but I have no problem with legally subpoenaing (?) reporters records to identify and prosecute the source of the leak. If that leads to less leaking of sensitive information in the future, great.
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If George Bush did this, these same apologist would be calling for his impeachment.

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