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Article: State Department detains journalist.
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- United Press International
- Article date:
- July 12, 2002
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WASHINGTON, Jul 12, 2002
The State Department's diplomatic security Friday detained and questioned journalist Joel Mowbray for 30 minutes in an attempt to find out the source of a leaked classified document on immigration, notifying the armed guards at the 23rd Street entrance not to let him leave.
"They were trying to get my source," Mowbray -- who writes for the National Review Online -- told United Press International Friday. "A plain clothed diplomatic security guy kept asking me, how did you get the cable? He was asking for my source, I looked at him turned around and walked away."
Two diplomatic security officials told UPI later that ...