
Department of Justice adopts new restrictions on obtaining journalists' records
CNN
The Department of Justice on Monday formally adopted policies sharply restricting the instances in which prosecutors can seek records or testimony from reporters and the ways they can do so.
The agency's new policies were outlined in a memo issued by Attorney General Merrick Garland. "This new prohibition applies to compulsory legal process issued to reporters directly, to their publishers or employers, and to third-party service providers of any of the foregoing," Garland said in the memo.
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