Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The FBI raided the home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson on Wednesday morning as part of an investigation into a government contractor.

FBI searched Hannah Natanson's home and seized her devices. Even Obama stopped short of raiding reporters' homes.

FBI agents searched the home of a Washington Post reporter today as part of a leak investigation, a significant escalation in the Trump administration’s tactics in seeking information from the news media.

The FBI on Wednesday executed a search warrant on Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson‘s home as part of a wider probe, the paper announced.

The newspaper described the move as “highly unusual and aggressive”. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

FBI searches Washington Post journalist's home for alleged Pentagon leak, seizing devices amid an investigation into classified information.

FBI searches Washington Post journalist's home for alleged Pentagon leak, seizing devices amid an investigation into classified information.

The FBI searched Hannah Natanson's devices, the Post said. An affidavit says the search was related to an investigation into Aurelio Perez-Lugones.

While classified documents investigations aren’t unusual, the search of a reporter’s home marks an escalation in the government’s efforts to crack down on leaks.

It is exceedingly rare, even in investigations of classified disclosures, for federal agents to search a reporter’s home.

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI agents searched a Washington Post reporter’s home on Wednesday as part of a leak investigation involving a Pentagon contractor accused of sharing classified information, the Justice Department said. Hannah Natanson, who has been covering President Donald Trump’s transformation of the federal government, had a phone and a Garmin watch seized in […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI agents searched a Washington Post reporter’s home on Wednesday as part of a leak investigation involving a Pentagon contractor accused of sharing classified information, the Justice Department said. Hannah Natanson, who has been covering President Donald Trump’s transformation of the federal government, had a phone and a Garmin watch seized in […]

Attorney General Pam Bondi says the search of a Washington Post reporter’s home was done at the Pentagon’s request as part of a leak investigation.

The FBI on Wednesday searched the home of a Washington Post journalist, the attorney general said, adding officials were investigating an alleged leak from the Pentagon to the reporter, who has written about federal job cuts.

The FBI on Wednesday searched the home of a Washington Post journalist, the attorney general said, adding officials were investigating an alleged leak from the Pentagon to the reporter, who has written about federal job cuts.