SEVERAL WEEKS after a reporter refused to tell police the identity of a confidential news source, his house was raided by authorities. Armed with a warrant, they used a sledgehammer to break down the front gate of his home. They handcuffed the reporter, searched his house and office, and seized computers, cameras, hard drives, notes and other materials. And as troubling as these events are, what is even more confounding is the refusal by authorities to acknowledge they did anything wrong; instead, they sought to blame the reporter and criminalize legitimate newsgathering. Mr. Carmody was not the only reporter disseminating information from the report, and it has been suggested that police went after him because he lacked the resources available to news organizations.

Source: Washington Post May 23, 2019 18:21 UTC