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Feds Use Phone Bills to Get Journo's Sources on NSA Spy Program

Ryan Singel writes on Threat Level:

Federal investigators are using phone records to figure out which federal officials talked with New York Times reporters about the government's secret wiretapping of Americans without court orders.

In the leak investigation, Justice Department officials are using phone records in an Arlington, Va. federal grand jury proceeding to ferret out James Risen's sources, according to the New York Times.

One presumes the government is using subpoenas or National Security Letters to get Risen or his suspected sources' phone records, then hauling former government officials in front of the grand jury.

posted by Fergie @ 4/14/2008 01:07:00 PM