The home of former Washington Times reporter Audrey Hudson, whose work can now be read at outlets such as Newsmax and the Colorado Observer, was raided by personnel from the Department of Homeland Security and Maryland State Police. Hudson recently revealed that the raid took place in August.
Daily Caller has the story on my home being raided and source files confiscated: http://t.co/V5S99kRNym
— Audrey Hudson (@AudreyHudson) October 25, 2013
From the Daily Caller article:
A search warrant obtained by TheDC indicates that the August raid allowed law enforcement to search for firearms inside her home.
The document notes that her husband, Paul Flanagan, was found guilty in 1986 to resisting arrest in Prince George’s County. The warrant called for police to search the residence they share and seize all weapons and ammunition because he is prohibited under the law from possessing firearms.
But without Hudson’s knowledge, the agents also confiscated a batch of documents that contained information about sources inside the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration, she said.
Read the rest here.
Hudson says the seizure of her confidential files was outside the scope of the search warrant, which allowed for the confiscation of weapons owned by her husband, but did not allow officers to confiscate her papers.
Scoop: Feds confiscate investigative reporter Audrey Hudson's confidential files during raid http://t.co/cTNWmKQhkm
— Alex Pappas (@AlexPappas) October 25, 2013
https://twitter.com/rsmccain/status/393753840765267968
https://twitter.com/Mike63869007/status/393776198230097921
Update: Coast Guard tells me they took Audrey Hudson's files because they included official gov docs she had FOIAed http://t.co/cTNWmKQhkm
— Alex Pappas (@AlexPappas) October 25, 2013
Are confiscations of reporters’ documents, wiretaps on their phones and hacks into their computer systems the new normal?
@AlexPappas Totally depressing. 4:30 am raid w/ no time to call an attorney & abuse of a search warrant. Founding Fathers rolling in graves
— James Gioielli (@JRGioielli) October 25, 2013
https://twitter.com/DostoevskyGhost/status/393776906950033408
Twitchy will update this story as it develops.
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