ETThe FBI executed a search warrant at a Washington Post reporter’s Virginia home on Jan. 14 as part of a probe into a system administrator suspected of illegally retaining classified documents, the news organization reported. She accused the reporter of "obtaining and reporting classified and illegally leaked information from a Pentagon contractor." First Amendment, press advocacy groups concerned by searchThe search warrant is raising First Amendment worries from press freedom advocates. Other groups decry searchA slew of other First Amendment and press freedom groups decried the FBI search. Contributing: Aysha Bagchi and Anna KaufmanBrieAnna Frank is a First Amendment reporter at USA TODAY.

Source: Washington Post January 14, 2026 20:13 UTC