2026年5月12日 / 美国东部时间上午11:42 / 哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）新闻
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莎拉·N·林奇 司法部高级记者
莎拉·N·林奇是哥伦比亚广播公司新闻驻华盛顿特区的司法部高级记者。
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华盛顿讯——《华尔街日报》曝光美国司法部因针对其有关美伊战争的报道所展开的泄密调查而收到传票后，司法部于周二为自己辩护，称此举旨在保护可能因机密信息泄露而受到伤害的士兵生命。
“起诉那些将国家机密透露给记者、进而危及我们国家安全和士兵生命的泄密者，是本届政府的一项优先任务，”代理司法部长托德·布兰奇在发给哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的一份声明中表示。“任何掌握这些罪犯信息的证人，无论是否为记者，都不应感到意外，如果他们因非法泄露机密材料而收到传票。”
《华尔街日报》周一称，其于3月4日收到的传票与2月23日的一篇报道有关，该报道称美军参谋长联席会议主席及其他五角大楼官员曾警告特朗普总统，针对伊朗的长期军事行动存在风险。同期另有其他新闻媒体发布了类似报道。
该报表示，传票要求《华尔街日报》记者提供相关记录。一名司法部官员强调，传票并非针对记者本人展开调查，而是为了追查泄露机密信息的政府雇员。
尽管如此，这些传票似乎是一项激进且不同寻常的举措，可能会加剧新闻媒体与特朗普政府之间的紧张关系，并进一步引发人们对新闻自由的担忧。
今年早些时候，联邦调查局对《华盛顿邮报》记者汉娜·纳坦松的住所执行搜查令，特工收缴了她的手机、笔记本电脑、佳明手表和便携式硬盘，这是针对一名政府承包商的调查的一部分，该承包商后来因涉嫌传播机密材料被起诉。
历来在《反间谍法》框架下针对机密信息泄露的调查中，司法部都会追查泄密者，而非接收机密信息的记者。
2025年4月，时任司法部长帕姆·邦迪发布一份备忘录，放宽了调查向新闻媒体泄密事件的检察官传唤记者记录和证词的限制，废除了邦迪的前任梅里克·加兰实施的一项政策。
根据邦迪的新规，刑事调查中的检察官可使用传票、法院命令和搜查令，强制“新闻媒体成员提供与其相关的信息和证词”，该备忘录当时写道。
拜登政府此前曾实施新限制，大幅增加了调取记者手机和电子邮件记录的难度。在特朗普的第一任期内，司法部曾因在泄密调查中秘密向记者和国会工作人员发出传票而受到批评。
《华尔街日报》在报道中援引了道琼斯公司首席通讯官阿肖克·辛哈的一份声明，辛哈称这些传票“是对受宪法保护的新闻采集活动的攻击”。
“我们将坚决反对这种试图压制和恐吓必要新闻报道的行为，”辛哈补充道。
Justice Department defends decision to subpoena Wall Street Journal reporters, citing national security
May 12, 2026 / 11:42 AM EDT / CBS News
By Sarah N. Lynch
Sarah N. Lynch Senior Justice Department Reporter
Sarah N. Lynch is the senior Justice Department reporter for CBS News, based in Washington, D.C.
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Sarah N. Lynch
Washington— The Justice Department defended itself on Tuesday after the Wall Street Journal revealed it has received subpoenas in connection with a leak investigation into its reporting on the war with Iran, with the department saying it was trying to protect the lives of soldiers who could be harmed by leaks of classified information.
“Prosecuting leakers who share our nation’s secrets with reporters, in turn risking our national security and the lives of our soldiers, is a priority for this administration,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement shared with CBS News. “Any witness, whether a reporter or otherwise, who has information about these criminals should not be surprised if they receive a subpoena about the illegal leaking of classified material.”
The Wall Street Journal said on Monday the subpoenas, which it received March 4, relate to a Feb. 23 article that reported the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and others at the Pentagon had warned President Trump about the risks of an extended military campaign against Iran. Other news media outlets published similar stories around the same time.
The subpoenas demand records from Journal reporters, the paper said. A Justice Department official stressed that the subpoenas are not aimed at investigating the journalists themselves, but instead at tracking down government employees who are leaking classified information.
Nevertheless, the subpoenas appear to be an aggressive and unusual tactic that are likely to escalate tensions between the press and the Trump administration and raise further concerns over press freedoms.
Earlier this year, the FBI executed a search warrant at the home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson where agents collected her phone, laptops, Garmin watch and portable hard drives as part of an investigation into a government contractor who was later indicted for allegedly disseminating classified material.
Historically in Espionage Act investigations into leaks of classified information, the department has pursued the leakers, not the journalists who receive the classified information.
In April 2025, then-Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memo that made it easier for prosecutors investigating leaks to the news media to subpoena records and testimony from journalists, rescinding a policy implemented by Bondi’s predecessor Merrick Garland.
Under Bondi’s regulations, prosecutors in criminal investigations are allowed to use subpoenas, court orders and search warrants to compel “production of information and testimony by and relating to members of the news media,” the memo stated at the time.
The Biden administration had previously imposed new restrictions that made it much harder to seize reporters’ phones and email records. The department faced criticism in Mr. Trump’s first term for secretly serving subpoenas on both journalists and congressional staff members in connection with leak investigations.
The Wall Street Journal, in its reporting, cited a statement from Dow Jones chief communications officer Ashok Sinha, who said the subpoenas “represent an attack on constitutionally protected newsgathering.”
“We will vigorously oppose this effort to stifle and intimidate essential reporting,” Sinha added.