Law says you can't search a reporter's email unless they're a suspect. Holder: See, the law MADE us fabricate charges!
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@emptywheel UNLESS the information relates to national security or is child pornography. -
@normative Right. And Rosen's did. That's precisely what is carved out by this law. -
@emptywheel The journalist still has to be suspected of a crime to which the work product is related. -
@normative Yup. See where it describes the crime as "possession of defense info"? -
@emptywheel I don't think we're disagreeing... Was just stressing that either way, the journo himself has to be suspected of a crime. -
@normative And until we fix espionage act, DOJ will continue to say that journos possessing defense info are, if it suits them.
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@emptywheel The carve out is only an exception from the requirement that the crime suspected be independent of receipt.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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