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The Justice Department unleashed a barrage of grand jury subpoenas, sending federal agents to the doorsteps of four New York Times reporters who wrote a story that the FBI warned would compromise highly classified national security secrets and give America\u2019s enemies a roadmap to the commander-in-chief\u2019s vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n

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The Times admitted on Saturday that according to federal law enforcement sources, a top FBI official contacted \u201ca reporter and a senior editor,\u201d asking them to kill a story citing unnamed sources about President Donald Trump departing Turkey on the old Air Force One instead of the new Qatari-gifted jet.<\/p>\n

The Times ignored the FBI\u2019s urgent request, slammed the \u201cpublish\u201d button, and refused to unmask who leaked the classified information in the first place.<\/p>\n

Now, the Justice Department is bringing down the hammer. New York Times scribes Julian E. Barnes, Eric Lipton, Tyler Pager, and Eric Schmitt have been ordered to appear before a Manhattan grand jury to answer for the breach.<\/p>\n

\u201cReporters are not the targets, those leaking classified information are,\u201d a DOJ spokesman stated.<\/p>\n

The administration made it clear it isn\u2019t playing games when it comes to the nation\u2019s secrets.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not going to ignore the law and stop investigating the people who work in the administration and think it\u2019s okay to leak classified information impacting national security,\u201d the spokesman added.<\/p>\n

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The drama started after the Times published details of the security protocols of Trump\u2019s new Qatari-donated Boeing 747-8, claiming it lacked antimissile defenses. The paper suggested that the classified leaks explained why the Secret Service briefly put Trump on the older aircraft during a high-stakes NATO summit in Turkey while tensions flared with Iran.<\/p>\n

White House Communications Director Steven Cheung blasted the reporting, confirming that the new jet is a \u201cstate-of-the-art aircraft\u201d packed with high-level security protocols.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are many enemies of America who have their sights on him, and we use every tool at our disposal \u2014 including distraction and misdirection \u2014 to address those threats,\u201d Cheung said.<\/p>\n

The Times immediately started crying foul, with their top newsroom lawyer David McCraw complaining that the home-visit subpoenas were a \u201cbrazen act\u201d and meant to \u201cshock the conscience.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis brazen act should be seen as nothing more than an attempt to prevent the public from knowing what is happening in their country,\u201d McCraw said.<\/p>\n

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The Justice Department unleashed a barrage of grand jury subpoenas, sending federal agents to the doorsteps of four New York Times reporters who wrote a story that the FBI warned would compromise highly classified national security secrets and give America\u2019s enemies a roadmap to the commander-in-chief\u2019s vulnerabilities.The Times admitted on Saturday that according to federal law enforcement sources, a top FBI official contacted \u201ca reporter and a senior editor,\u201d asking them to kill a story citing unnamed sources about President Donald Trump departing Turkey on the old Air Force One instead of the new Qatari-gifted jet.The Times ignored the FBI\u2019s urgent request, slammed the \u201cpublish\u201d button, and refused to unmask who leaked the classified information in the first place.Now, the Justice Department is bringing down the hammer. New York Times scribes Julian E. Barnes, Eric Lipton, Tyler Pager, and Eric Schmitt have been ordered to appear before a Manhattan grand jury to answer for the breach.\u201cReporters are not the targets, those leaking classified information are,\u201d a DOJ spokesman stated.The administration made it clear it isn\u2019t playing games when it comes to the nation\u2019s secrets.\u201cWe are not going to ignore the law and stop investigating the people who work in the administration and think it\u2019s okay to leak classified information impacting national security,\u201d the spokesman added.The drama started after the Times published details of the security protocols of Trump\u2019s new Qatari-donated Boeing 747-8, claiming it lacked antimissile defenses. The paper suggested that the classified leaks explained why the Secret Service briefly put Trump on the older aircraft during a high-stakes NATO summit in Turkey while tensions flared with Iran.White House Communications Director Steven Cheung blasted the reporting, confirming that the new jet is a \u201cstate-of-the-art aircraft\u201d packed with high-level security protocols.\u201cThere are many enemies of America who have their sights on him, and we use every tool at our disposal \u2014 including distraction and misdirection \u2014 to address those threats,\u201d Cheung said.The Times immediately started crying foul, with their top newsroom lawyer David McCraw complaining that the home-visit subpoenas were a \u201cbrazen act\u201d and meant to \u201cshock the conscience.\u201d\u201cThis brazen act should be seen as nothing more than an attempt to prevent the public from knowing what is happening in their country,\u201d McCraw said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"\nThe NYT Story That Just Triggered DOJ Subpoenas - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1191\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The NYT Story That Just Triggered DOJ Subpoenas - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Justice Department unleashed a barrage of grand jury subpoenas, sending federal agents to the doorsteps of four New York Times reporters who wrote a story that the FBI warned would compromise highly classified national security secrets and give America\u2019s enemies a roadmap to the commander-in-chief\u2019s vulnerabilities.The Times admitted on Saturday that according to federal law enforcement sources, a top FBI official contacted \u201ca reporter and a senior editor,\u201d asking them to kill a story citing unnamed sources about President Donald Trump departing Turkey on the old Air Force One instead of the new Qatari-gifted jet.The Times ignored the FBI\u2019s urgent request, slammed the \u201cpublish\u201d button, and refused to unmask who leaked the classified information in the first place.Now, the Justice Department is bringing down the hammer. 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