Media members told their cellphone activity is being tracked by the government

According to The Wireless Report, "ABC News investigative reporters Brian Ross and Richard Esposito were told by a "senior law enforcement official" that the government is tracking their phone numbers so they can find out who their confidential sources are. Ross and Esposito were advised that they should get some new cellphones immediately".

... "ABC News does not know how the government determined who we are calling, or whether our phone records were provided to the government as part of the recently-disclosed NSA collection of domestic phone calls".

... "Other sources have told us thatphone calls and contacts by reporters for ABC News, along with the New York Times and the Washington Post, are being examined as part of a widespread CIA leak investigation."

[The Blotter via The Wireless Report]

emily | 1:23 PM | SMS and Government |
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