Journalists all over Washington have just gotten a chilling reminder of the

perils of reporting on sensitive national security secrets. Federal

prosecutors had obtained the phone and email records dating back years of a

New York Times reporter named Ali Watkins. The records were apparently used as

part of an investigation that led on Thursday night to the arrest and indictment

of the former Chief of Security of the Senate Intelligence Committee James

Wolff. But this was not a case of the Trump administration shattering norms or

precedent. In fact, the personal records of journalists had been obtained

years earlier by Justice Department officials during the administration of

Barack Obama and under the direction of then attorney general Eric Holder. We'll

look back at what happened in those cases and what they might mean for all of

us now in today's episode of Buried Treasure.

I'm Michael Isikov Chief Investigative correspondent for Yahoo News. And I'm Dan

Clyde, been editor in chief of Yahoo News. You know, Dan, this was a pretty chilling

to read the stories this morning about the feds getting Ali Watkins phone

records and email records. And there's a lot in this indictment that, you know,

could pose problems for all of us. Yeah. And it is sort of deja vu all over

again. What was striking to me was seeing that they had emails, you know, going

all the way back to when not the content. I don't think they have the content of

the emails, but email information going all the way back to when she was in

college, you know, which is pretty chilling. I certainly hope no one is

looking at my college emails. That would be problematic for me and my reputation.

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