Two reporters for The New
York Times have sued the Department of Homeland Security after they were
questioned at a New York airport as they headed to overseas assignments.
The Freedom of
Information Act lawsuit was filed Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan.
Writers Mac William Bishop and Christopher Chivers said in the lawsuit that
employees of the department responsible for securing U.S. borders subjected
them to questioning last May as they prepared to board an international flight.
A Times attorney said
they were taking a flight to Turkey to report on the war in Syria. The lawsuit
said Bishop was again questioned as he returned weeks later.
The lawsuit said the
government did not adequately respond to FOIA requests on information related
to the questioning. The government declined comment.
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