Feds share info on subpoenas against media outlets

The Hill reports:

The federal government authorized searches against news organizations 10 different times in 2014, the Justice Department said Friday.

In two of the cases, however, the government ultimately decided not to issue the demands, after receiving authorization from then-Attorney General Eric Holder.

Additionally, the government twice gave federal agents the authority to question people whom it treated as journalists — including once during a national security investigation — though that questioning remained voluntary.

The information was contained in a report issued by the Justice Department that follows from Holder’s pledge last February to detail how the government demands information from members of the news media.

Imagine if a Republican administration did this.