Justice Department Defends Subpoena of Media Phone Records
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The U.S. Justice Department official supervising an investigation of national security leaks to the news media said the government struck the right balance when it subpoenaed phone records of Associated Press reporters and editors without informing the news organization.
Deputy Attorney General James Cole, who took over supervising the investigation after Attorney General Eric Holder recused himself, said in a letter today that the department doesn’t “take lightly the decision to issue subpoenas” for phone records to the media.