Outrage as Justice Dept. secretly obtains PHONE RECORDS 100 Associated Press journalists in 'unprecedented intrusion' of news

Department allegedly obtained records listing incoming and outgoing calls and duration of calls for more than 20 telephone lines used by journalists
Lines included the main number used by reporters in the House of Reps press gallery and general AP numbers in Washington and New York
The government would not say why it sought the records, from April and May 2012
AP President Gary Pruitt has demanded the records be returned or destroyed claiming: 'There can be no possible justification' for such an intrusion
Outrage as Justice Dept. secretly obtains PHONE RECORDS of up to 100 Associated Press journalists in 'unprecedented intrusion' of news gathering

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