U.S._ $145,000 settlement reached in lawsuits over FBI agent posing as AP reporter

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

$145,000 settlement reached in lawsuits over FBI agent posing as AP reporter

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By Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press - Friday, November 4, 2022


WASHINGTON — The Reporter’s Committee for Freedom of the Press will get a $145,000 settlement following a pair of lawsuits filed after an FBI agent posed as a reporter for The Associated Press and created a fake story.

The long-running Freedom of Information Act cases led to appeals court decisions that will help bolster access to public records, said Adam Marshall, an attorney for the group. The cases also shed light on FBI agents posing as members of the media, a tactic that free press advocates say undermines media credibility and blurs lines between law enforcement and the press.

The agency failed to follow its own rules over such undercover operations when an agent posed as an AP reporter and sent a link to a fake story in an investigation in Washington state in 2007, according to documents uncovered in the lawsuit filed along with The Associated Press.

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