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Federal court issues win for public access, ending nine-year unsealing effort by journalist and Reporters Committee
A nearly decade-long effort to unseal certain court records related to electronic surveillance ended late last month.
April 11, 2022
By
Samantha Reilly
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Court Access
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DC Circuit reverses district court ruling on unsealing electronic surveillance records
RCFP, BuzzFeed’s Jason Leopold have been fighting for years for greater public access to electronic surveillance court records.
July 8, 2020
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Sabrina Conza
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Court Access
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How keeping electronic surveillance records sealed threatens journalists, source communications
In 2010, the Federal Bureau of Investigation seized the content of then-Fox News reporter James Rosen's personal emails using a…
February 8, 2019
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Pariss Briggs
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Newsgathering
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Reporters Committee continues fight for public access to electronic surveillance court records
RCFP, BuzzFeed journalist push for greater public access to judicial records in closed investigations concerning three types of electronic surveillance…
January 25, 2019
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Pariss Briggs
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