Mediagazer: Chicago cop charged with murder subpoenas journalist Jamie Kalven to gain access to his sources, claiming leaked documents may have influenced witnesses (Julie Bosman/New York Times)

4:05 AM ET, November 28, 2017

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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
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Julie Bosman / New York Times:

Chicago cop charged with murder subpoenas journalist Jamie Kalven to gain access to his sources, claiming leaked documents may have influenced witnesses — CHICAGO — If not for the reporting of Jamie Kalven, an independent journalist in Chicago, the world might never have known the name Laquan McDonald …

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Bloomberg:

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