USA Today resists FBI subpoena seeking data of those who read story about agents’ killing

[Leeea]

The FBI earlier this year tried to obtain records associated with people who accessed an article on USA Today’s website about the killing of two FBI agents as they tried to search a Florida apartment

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/usa-today-fbi-subpoena/2021/06/04/4741213a-c550-11eb-8c18-fd53a628b992_story.html

required personal commentary:

You read the news?

How dare you!

GUILTY!

 

[Viper1j]

Now they'll want the records of everyone that read the Washington Post article.

 

[compcons]

Now they'll want the records of everyone that read the Washington Post article.

DON'T READ IT!!!!1!!!!

 

[compcons]

Crap!! Don't even post in this thread!

 

[Matt390]

Why wont joe biden use his authority as the head of the executive branch to discipline these agents? The leftwing justices would go along with it since their judicial philosophy seems to be based on outcome, and the rightwing justices are all unitary executive theorists.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Withdrawn:

Justice Department withdraws FBI subpoena for USA TODAY records ID'ing readers

The subpoena was issued as part of a criminal investigation seeking to identify a child sex offender.

www.usatoday.com

And policy change:

DOJ Ends Practice of Obtaining Reporters' Records: 'Values a Free Press'

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Saturday it will cease its longtime controversial practice of secretly obtaining journalists' records during leak investigations.

www.newsweek.com

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

If you're not guilty then why are you reading about it?

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

If you're not guilty then why are you reading about it?

If someone reads a news story they must be guilty of being involved in whatever the story is about? Even if it's hundreds or thousands of miles from them?


I just read a story about an Earthquake. Does that mean I caused it?

 

[cytg111]

If someone reads a news story they must be guilty of being involved in whatever the story is about? Even if it's hundreds or thousands of miles from them?


I just read a story about an Earthquake. Does that mean I caused it?

Hope the bait was good, enjoy the hook.

 

[Sunburn74]

If you're not guilty then why are you reading about it?

It was national news. Pretty much every media outlet reported on it.