Mediagazer: Justice Dept. Tracked Fox News Reporter James Rosen's Movements, Obtained His Personal Emails (Noah Rothman/Mediaite)

8:50 AM ET, May 20, 2013

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Noah Rothman / Mediaite:

Justice Dept. Tracked Fox News Reporter James Rosen's Movements, Obtained His Personal Emails — A report in the Washington Post indicates that the Justice Department's admission that they seized two months of telephone records from the Associated Press was not the first time the DoJ invaded …

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Tom Harper / London Evening Standard:

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