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Homeland Security Dept. Gathered Intelligence on Journalists Covering Oregon Protests

HeadlineJul 31, 2020

The Washington Post has revealed the Department of Homeland Security has compiled intelligence reports on two American journalists who published leaked unclassified documents related to the agency’s tactics to repress protesters in Portland. The targeted journalists were Mike Baker of The New York Times and Benjamin Wittes of the blog Lawfare.

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