"WASHINGTON (AP) - FBI agents searched a Washington Post reporter's home on Wednesday as part of a leak investigation involving a Pentagon contractor accused of sharing classified information, the Justice Department said. Hannah Natanson, who has been covering President Donald Trump's transformation of the federal government, had a phone and a Garmin watch seized in the search of her Virginia home, the Post reported."
"While classified documents investigations aren't unusual, the search of a reporter's home marks an escalation in the government's efforts to crack down on leaks. "Leaking classified information puts America's national security and the safety of our military heroes in serious jeopardy," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a post on X. "President Trump has zero tolerance for it and will continue to aggressively crack down on these illegal acts moving forward.""
FBI agents searched the Virginia home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson and seized her phone and a Garmin watch as part of a leak investigation connected to a Pentagon contractor. Natanson covers the federal workforce and has developed hundreds of sources. The probe centers on Aurelio Perez-Lugones, a Maryland system administrator charged with unlawful retention of national defense information after allegedly printing and taking classified reports home. Authorities reportedly found documents marked "SECRET," including one in a lunchbox. The search of a reporter's home marks an escalation in efforts to crack down on leaks, and the White House warned that leaking endangers national security and military safety.
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