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Washington Post journalist Hannah Natanson who had Trump’s FBI raid her home and take her phones and laptops, just won the Pulitzer Prize with the Washington Post. Congrats!! #Journalist #HannahNatanson #PulitzerPrise #Winner www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
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Dom reporterki "The Washington Post" przeszukany przez FBI za ujawnienie materiałów od współpracownika Pentagonu
15.01.2026, 13:04Oto laureaci Nagrody Pulitzera za rok 2026
5.05.2026, 10:26"Washington Post" zdobył nagrodę za służbę publiczną, co jest uznawane za najważniejsze wyróżnienie. Doceniono m.in relacje o działaniach administracji Trumpa zmierzających do redukcji federalnej administracji i przekształceń państwa, między innymi poprzez inicjatywy związane z Elonem Muskiem. Jury doceniło "przenikliwe odsłonięcie zasłony tajemnicy wokół chaotycznej przebudowy instytucji państwowych i jej ludzkich konsekwencji".
Kluczową rolę odegrały materiały Hannah Natanson opisujące wpływ zmian na pracowników federalnych.źródło:
- https://www.press.pl/tresc/91193,dom-reporterki-_the-washington-post_-przeszukany-przez-fbi-za-ujawnienie-materialow-od-wspolpracownika-pentagonu
- https://tvn24.pl/kultura-i-styl/nagrody-pulitzera-przyznane-za-sledztwa-dotyczace-donalda-trumpa-masowej-inwigilacji-i-giganta-technologicznego-meta-st9031120 -
The DOJ ‘Forgot’ To Mention The Law Restricting Searches Of Journalists. The Judge Is Not Happy
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Judge Prohibits Justice Department From Searching Through Washington Post Reporter’s Phone And Other Devices
#News #Politics #ElectionLine #HannahNatanson #JusticeDepartment #TheWashingtonPosthttps://deadline.com/2026/02/washington-post-reporter-home-search-trump-doj-1236736039/
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They also found an iPhone 13 that was in "Lockdown" mode -- this prevent authorities from being able to retrieve anything on the device.
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The FBI Raided A Reporter’s Home, Ignoring Laws Designed To Prevent Exactly That
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The data that I didn’t know I didn’t have to back up to Microsoft’s cloud
I spent more time than I’d planned Friday afternoon poking around the security settings of my Windows laptop, then undoing one setting that I am somewhat embarrassed to admit I had scarcely thought about over the previous two and a half years of using this HP.
The FBI gets some credit for that for making me rethink my own device security after some of its agents raided Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home two weeks ago and seized several of her devices–an obvious move to intimidate journalists– leaving the storage encryption on that hardware as the last line of defense for her data.
Forbes security writer Thomas Brewster gets the rest of the credit for a strong post Friday morning unpacking how Microsoft’s approach to device encryption via its BitLocker software can leave Windows computers open to law enforcement investigators who bring a valid legal order to the company requesting a particular user’s encryption recovery key.
“It’s possible for users to store those keys on a device they own, but Microsoft also recommends BitLocker users store their keys on its servers for convenience,” Brewster wrote. “While that means someone can access their data if they forget their password, or if repeated failed attempts to login lock the device, it also makes them vulnerable to law enforcement subpoenas and warrants.”
He reported that Microsoft gets about 20 requests a year for BitLocker keys but cannot respond to many of them because the customers involved didn’t back up those keys to its cloud.
Windows 11 Home’s Device Encryption isn’t branded as BitLocker in the Settings app, but it runs on the same framework. And as in the Pro, Enterprise and Education editions of Windows 11, it allows a choice of key-backup locations–which I did not realize until eyeballing Microsoft’s documentation after I’d read Brewster’s post.
I had gone unthinkingly with the default of having the recovery key backed up to my Microsoft 365 cloud storage; I don’t remember even being presented with a choice when I set up the computer in August of 2023. But since the key is only a string of 48 numbers periodically separated by dashes, there was no point in keeping it there.
Instead, I saved it in my end-to-end-encrypted password manager 1Password, where the security design does not expose backdoors that can be opened with a court order. Then I deleted the backed-up recovery key from my M365 storage after clicking a checkbox to confirm that I’d saved the key elsewhere–along with seven older ones I found saved there, going back to a Surface laptop I reviewed a decade or so ago.
(I don’t know how long it will take for this data to be gone from my online storage, although there is the option of decrypting and re-encrypting the laptop to ensure the old key is useless.)
I never should have taken Microsoft up on this offer. But Microsoft should not be leaving users in this position–as Johns Hopkins University cryptography professor Matthew Green told Brewster in that article. Apple’s FileVault device encryption now automatically encrypts recovery keys backed up to the company’s iCloud service (see this explainer from my friend Glenn Fleishman at Six Colors), leaving nothing for a third party to inspect with a warrant.
There are many areas where Microsoft can’t readily catch up with Apple, starting with having a mobile platform to complement its desktop operating system. But this should not be one of them.
#BitLocker #diskEncryption #encryption #FBI #HannahNatanson #keyEscrow #M365 #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftBackup #Windows11Home #WindowsDeviceEncryption
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The Washington Post Seeks Court Order For Return Of Reporter’s Electronic Devices Seized By FBI In Search Of Her Home
#News #Politics #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #FBI #HannahNatanson #TheWashingtonPosthttps://deadline.com/2026/01/washington-post-reporter-home-search-1236691964/
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[The Washington Post] I am The Post’s ‘federal government whisperer.’ It’s been brutal.
I am The Post’s ‘federal government whisperer.’ It’s been brutal.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/24/trump-federal-government-workers/
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[The Washington Post] FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home
FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s homehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/14/washington-post-reporter-search/
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#Reporters called the search “incredibly disturbing” & unprecedented. #HannahNatanson met with #WashingtonPost lawyers & security experts, scrambled to line up her own outside legal counsel, & urged her colleagues to keep reporting.
Until now, Gabe Rottman of the Reporters Committee for #FreedomOfThePress said, the #DOJ had “never executed a search warrant at the home of a reporter in a national security leak case.”
#Trump #law #Constitution #FreePress #FirstAmendment #journalism #censorship
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This week, the #DOJ took the extraordinary step of obtaining a search warrant for the home of a #WashingtonPost reporter #HannahNatanson. #FBI agents arrived early on Wednesday & seized Natanson’s phone, 2 computers & her Garmin watch.
Inside the WaPo newsroom, the impact was immediate.
#law #Constitution #democracy #FreePress #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #journalism #FourthEstate #censorship #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #SevenMountainMandate
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Wednesday FBI Raids Home of #WashingtonPost Reporter #HannahNatanson as Attacks on #PressFreedom Intensify Under #PresidentOrangeGarbage
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Reporters Committee Seeks Judicial Records Of Warrant Served To Search Washington Post Reporter’s Home
#News #Politics #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #HannahNatanson #ReportersCommitteeforFreedomofthePress #TheWashingtonPosthttps://deadline.com/2026/01/trump-search-washington-post-reporter-home-1236684030/
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AP coverage —
FBI agents searched a #WashingtonPost reporter’s home on Wednesday….
The FBI searched #journalist #HannahNatanson’s devices & seized a phone & a Garmin watch at her Virginia home….
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” #journalism].
#Trump #law #FirstAmendment #FreePress #democracy #Constitution #authoritarianism #autocracy
https://apnews.com/article/fbi-washington-post-search-warrant-classified-documents-373bd02f4f9ea446dd71c1203da467f3?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-14-FBI+search -
FBI Searches Home Of Washington Post Reporter As Part Of Classified Documents Investigation
#News #Politics #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #HannahNatanson #TheWashingtonPosthttps://deadline.com/2026/01/fbi-searches-washington-post-reporter-home-1236682621/
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The #reporter, #HannahNatanson, was at her home in Virginia at the time of the search. Federal agents searched her home and her devices. The warrant said that law enforcement was investigating Aurelio Perez-Lugones, a system administrator in Maryland who has a top secret security clearance & has been accused of accessing & taking home classified intelligence reports that were found in his lunchbox & his basement, acc/to an #FBI affidavit.
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#FBI executes search warrant at #WashingtonPost reporter’s home purportedly as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified government materials.
The #reporter, #HannahNatanson, covers the federal workforce & has been part of The Post’s most high-profile & sensitive coverage of the first year of the 2nd #Trump admin.
#law #FirstAmendment #FreePress #democracy #Constitution #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/14/washington-post-reporter-search/