‘Secret Rules’ to Spy on Media Expose US Justice Department Hypocrisy

Wednesday, July 6, 2016
By Paul Martin

SputnikNews.com
06.07.2016

Electronic Frontier Foundation staff attorney Sophia Cope said that the fact that the Justice Department has secret rules to identify journalists’ confidential sources shows that the DOJ has been disingenuous in its public statements about investigating members of the media.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Leaked rules that allow the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to obtain media records without US Attorney General or court approval underscore the duplicity of Department of Justice (DOJ) public policies on investigating journalists, Electronic Frontier Foundation staff attorney Sophia Cope told Sputnik on Wednesday.

Journalists’ telephone records are available to FBI without court involvement by issuing National Security Letters, or NSLs, according to classified records obtained by The Intercept last week.

“The fact that the Justice Department has secret rules to identify journalists’ confidential sources shows that the DOJ has been disingenuous in its public statements about investigating members of the media,” Cope stated.

The Justice Department’s public guidelines, Cope noted, generally require attorney general approval before subpoenas, court orders and warrants may be issued for journalists’ records.

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