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2023-05-05 16:12:57 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 0ADF021DBA7FAAF48F7DCDCEDB2C9907476B063CF5D3875B6BC3A8EA617697A2
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In 2013 the Obama administration obtained the records of 20 Associated Press office phone lines and reporters’ home and cell phones, seizing them without notice, as part of an investigation into the disclosure of information about a foiled al-Qaida terrorist plot. https://apnews.com/article/ffc60235c26c470c9047e0da6ff19f95 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/obama-administration-cracks-down-on-journalists-more-than-any-since-woodrow-wilson https://freedom.press/news/obama-used-espionage-act-put-record-number-reporters-sources-jail-and-trump-could-be-even-worse/
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