Opinion

What the Kansas Newsroom Raid Reveals About Widespread Spying on the Press

WHAT WARRANT?

A police raid on a small city’s only newspaper was correctly met with outrage. But the threat to freedom of the press goes far deeper.

Albert Fox Cahn
Annie DeVoe
opinion
An illustration of black pens with eyes as push caps moving up and down and looking around. On top is a cut out of a part of the search warrant used to raid the Marion County Record, with it’s name highlighted in yellow.
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Marion County District Court
Albert Fox Cahn

Albert Fox Cahn

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Annie DeVoe

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