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July 31, 2020

Homeland Security Dept. Gathered Intelligence on Journalists Covering Oregon Protests
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The Washington Post has revealed the Department of Homeland Security has
compiled intelligence reports on two American journalists who published
leaked unclassified documents related to the agency's tactics to repress
protesters in Portland. The targeted journalists were Mike Baker of the
New York Times and Benjamin Wittes of the blog Lawfare.


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