The justice department has seized the phone record of the AP press and its reporters. AP says that this violated their first amendment right to free speech and impedes their process for gathering news. They say that the phone records can reveal anonymous sources and other information that they have gathered. The government is citing national security as its excuse.
I think this story is important because it is undisputed that journalists and news organizations are a check on government and corporations. Where their tools for delivering the news to the public be seized, we would no longer have access to information. The fact that the government always uses “national security” as an excuse has become a pattern that will filter the news we receive and will allow the government no accountability for their actions.
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