Bad news for journos

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Bad news for journos: Yesterday a federal judge ordered a probe into the leak of an investigation’s details to CBS, the third inquiry of its kind in the past two years.

Even worse, the judge also ruled it was acceptable for the government to spy on anyone who handles government information “not generally available to the public”– a category which seems to cover any reporter worth his or her salt.

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