"On Wednesday morning, the FBI executed a search warrant on a Washington Post reporter's home as part of a probe into a government worker accused of illegally retaining classified information. The reporter, Hannah Natanson, has been key to the Post's coverage of the Trump administration's federal workforce overhaul. She was present when federal agents searched her home, seizing her personal laptops, phone, and Garmin watch."
"In an email to The Post's newsroom, Executive Editor Matt Murray called the search an "extraordinary, aggressive action" that is "deeply concerning and raises profound questions and concern around the constitutional protections for our work.""
"Investigators told Natanson that she is not the focus of the probe. The warrant said that law enforcement was investigating Aurelio Perez-Lugones, a system administrator in Maryland who has a top-secret security clearance and has been accused of accessing and taking home classified intelligence reports that were found in his lunchbox and his basement, according to an FBI affidavit..."
Federal agents executed a search warrant at Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home and seized her personal laptops, phone, and a Garmin watch. The Post also received a subpoena seeking information related to the same government contractor. Investigators told Natanson she is not the focus of the probe. The investigation centers on Aurelio Perez-Lugones, a Maryland system administrator with top-secret clearance accused of taking classified intelligence reports home, where some were found in his lunchbox and basement. The Post's executive editor condemned the search as an extraordinary, aggressive action. Press freedom groups called the raid a serious escalation and condemned the intrusion.
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