Judge doesn't trust DOJ with search of devices seized from Wash. Post reporter

Here's something that caught my attention — a federal judge just put a big pause on the DOJ’s ability to search devices seized from a Washington Post reporter. So, six weeks after the FBI swooped in and took Hannah Natanson’s phone, laptop, and watch at her Virginia home, a magistrate judge, William Porter, decided the government can't be trusted to do the search alone. According to Jon Brodkin in TechCrunch, the judge criticized prosecutors for not including key details in the warrant, especially about a 1980 law protecting journalists’ work. Now, Porter has ordered a court-led process to limit the search to materials relevant to a possible leak case — and he even rolled back the part of the warrant that let the feds open or review the seized data. But here’s the thing — this signals a major pushback against government overreach, especially when it comes to press freedom. As Brodkin reports, it’s a reminder that when it comes to journalists’ tools, independence and oversight matter more than ever.