# Attacks on the press? America’s seen this before.

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/attacks-on-the-press-americas-seen-this-before/
- Published: 2026-01-18T09:15:00-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image: The front page of The New York Times on June 15, 1971. Image credit: The New York Times Corporate Archive / Nixon Library. Opinion article by Kathleen Parker. The Washington Post – January 16, 2026. The FBI’s early wake-up call at a Washington Post reporter’s Virginia home and subsequent seizure of her phone and two laptops has sent chills through the Fourth Estate. Even non-journalists should be worried by what happened to Hannah Natanson, who found FBI agents at her front door at 6 a.m. Wednesday, wielding a search warrant. They were looking for classified information in a case against Aurelio Perez-Lugones, a government contractor recently charged with keeping national defense information, which he allegedly passed on to Natanson. […] Click here to view original web page at www.washingtonpost.com Related articles: Searching reporters’ homes, suing journalists and repressing citizen dissent are well-known steps toward autocracy – The Conversation ‘A Serious Violation’: FBI Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Documents – Common Dreams Press advocates condemn Pentagon move to seize editorial control of Stars and Stripes – The Guardian Curated by Theresa Wysocki See Full Bio