Analyst's note: I agree with the author of this story:
[....] This story stinks to high heaven. The Obama administration has made a nasty habit out of pursuing whistleblowers. Hudson’s sources are now exposed and face retribution.
Raids like these represent a dangerous precedent by the Federal government, demonstrating a willingness to violate the 4th Amendment in order to stop a member of the press from exercising the 1st Amendment.
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Audrey Hudson is an award winning investigative journalists whose reporting has been printed in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and many other publications.
In August, Federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security raided her home, supposedly in search of firearms. What they took, however, wasn’t firearms. It was her research notes containing the names of whistleblowers within the Federal government. [....]