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Report: DOJ Monitored Journalist’s Emails, Phone Records in North Korea Leak Case

HeadlineMay 20, 2013

As the Associated Press spying scandal unfolds, details have emerged in a second recent case of government spying on a journalist. The Washington Post reports the Justice Department tracked a reporter’s phone records and State Department visits, and even received a search warrant to read his personal emails. The reporter, Fox News correspondent James Rosen, was investigated for obtaining details of a secret government report on North Korea in 2009. The probe of Rosen’s communications has helped lead to charges against State Department security adviser Stephen Jin-Woo Kim, who’s accused of providing him with classified national defense information. Investigators used records of Rosen’s phone calls and Kim’s security badge to track their conversations. Kim’s trial is expected in 2014.

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