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I've Been Subpoenaed By The Government

No Reporter Should Have to Face a Subpoena for Public Interest Journalism

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Matthew Cole
Aug 06, 2026
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No reporter wants to be part of the story, but Saturday the New York Times published a story that I haven’t been able to share related to an investigation I co-authored last September.

That piece reported a previously unknown operation carried out by Navy SEALs in North Korea during the first Trump administration, an action that the president kept secre…

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