DHS assembled ‘intelligence reports’ on journalists who published leaks from Portland

Published July 31, 2020 1:07am ET



The Department of Homeland Security has compiled “intelligence reports” on journalists who published leaked documents from the department while covering the protests in Portland.

The Office of Intelligence and Analysis within the department circulated reports on a journalist for the New York Times, Mike Baker, and Benjamin Wittes, the editor in chief of the blog Lawfare, both of whom had published leaked information about the department. The circulated “intelligence reports” were obtained by the Washington Post.

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