A federal judge in Virginia has declined to immediately order the return of devices seized from Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson during an FBI raid on her home, but expressed deep concern over the implications for press freedom and confidential sources.
US magistrate judge William B Porter, presiding in the eastern district of Virginia, said Natanson had effectively been cut off from her professional work since federal agents confiscated two laptops, a mobile phone and a Garmin watch in the January search.
