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Fox News reports responses to the recent seizure by the FBI and US Customs of a document couriered by a journalist to the Associated Press office in Washington.

The seizure “compromised AP’s fundamental right to conduct its lawful
newsgathering activities without government interference or
intrusion,” [AP President Louis D. Boccardi Boccardi] wrote to FBI Director Robert Mueller and Robert
Bonner, commissioner of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection.
Boccardi called the seizure improper and clandestine.

Sen. Charles Grassley, chairman of the Finance Committee, also sent a
harsh letter to the agency heads.

“It appears the government may have overstepped its bounds by
improperly seizing private property to censor and stymie the media,”
Grassley, R-Iowa, said in a statement. “The seizure of the AP’s
package without a warrant or notification is a very serious matter.”

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AP never was notified of the seizure as required by law, Boccardi
said, and was given conflicting accounts of why the package was
identified as one that needed extra scrutiny.

– Fox News, AP Chief, Senator Protest Package Seizure.