to have told associates that he did not wish to have leak prosecutions be his legacy. Several prom-inent leak prosecutions under Holder involved com-munications between criminal defendants and journ-alists, and the pervasive use of traceable electronic communications between journalists and their sources provided the prosecution with a tool to determine the potential origin of published information. Under Holder, the Justice Department argued that journ-alists had no legal protection to maintain the con-fidentiality of their sources, and can be compelled by the government to reveal them, or potentially face criminal contempt charges. On September 17, 2018, the Freedom of the Press Foundation obtained docu-ments regarding the use of FISA courts to spy on journalists.

On May 13, 2013, the As...

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