We are all mindful of national security and we expect law enforcement to be vigilant. We also expect it to take every precaution before taking any action that could be harmful to freedoms we all take for granted. Reports of the growing tension between the U.S. Department of Justice and the media are especially disconcerting, and should be more comfortably ascribed to a George Orwell novel than the present administration.
In recent days, we have learned that the DOJ not only had declared a journalist a co-conspirator in one leak investigation for doing his job but has actively subpoenaed phone records and other information from other major news organizations without any notice.
