There's a fair bit of dispute about whether this is valid. The active criminalization of journalism is worrisome.

It's signed by a judge, it's valid. What is in dispute, exactly?

	▲	macintux 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> The Justice Department failed to tell a magistrate judge about a 1980 law protecting journalists in its application materials for a warrant https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/politics/doj-press-law... Previously: > U.S. Magistrate Judge William B. Porter wrote in his order that the government must preserve any materials seized during the raid and may not review them until the court authorizes it https://san.com/cc/judge-blocks-fbis-access-to-washington-po...

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