Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Maddy Crowell, 1/14/26
Headline: “Nothing Is Secure”
Subhead: “The home of Hannah Natanson, a Washington Post reporter, was searched by the FBI. Her devices were seized. Runa Sandvik, whose life’s work is protecting journalists’ digital security, assesses the damage—and what news organizations need to know.”
“On Christmas Eve, the Washington Post published a story by Hannah Natanson, a reporter who works as part of a team covering the ways Donald Trump is upending the federal workforce. “I am The Post’s ‘federal government whisperer.’ It’s been brutal,” the headline went. . .”
“. . .On Wednesday morning, the FBI searched her home and seized her phone, a Garmin watch, and two laptops—one of them issued by the Post.”
Read the full article at:
https://www.cjr.org/news/hannah-natanson-fbi-washington-post-raid-devices-seized-runa-sandvik-security-computer-phone-laptop-sources.php
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Article in Status by Natalie Korsach, 1/14/26
Headline: “Bezos Abandons His Post“
Subhead: “The FBI’s disturbing raid on a Washington Post reporter ignited widespread outrage across journalism, but Jeff Bezos stayed conspicuously silent—angering some inside the newsroom, Status has learned”
“On Wednesday afternoon, as shock rippled through major newsrooms after the FBI executed a search warrant on a reporter at The Washington Post, Executive Editor Matt Murray addressed the episode internally. In a memo to staff. . .”
” ‘This extraordinary, aggressive action is deeply concerning and raises profound questions and concern around the constitutional protections for our work,’ Murray wrote. . .”
Read the full article at::
https://www.status.news/p/washington-post-fbi-raid-jeff-bezos
