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Reporters Committee troubled by FBI’s stance on impersonating journalists
David Boardman, chairman of the steering committee of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, issued the following statement…
September 15, 2016
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Deputy poses as Newsweek reporter to ID anonymous source
A sheriff's deputy in North Carolina posed as a Newsweek reporter to coax an anonymous source out of a local…
August 18, 2008
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