Homeland Security officers along with Maryland police used a search warrant for guns to confiscate the notes of a Washington Times reporter who had written a series of articles critical of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). (Daily Kos, October 25, 2013, by ffour)
The warrant was for firearms allegedly belonging to the reporter’s husband, but in searching the home the officials confiscated notes naming confidential sources in Homeland Security, TSA and the Federal Air Marshal Service. (Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, November 22, 2013, by Latara Appleby)
The Washington Times answered the incursion by suing the Department of Homeland Security for illegally seizing the reporter’s notes and asked for the return of the notes. (The Washington Times, November 21, 2013, by Kellan Howell)