US Department of Justice: “Journalism is a protected activity; academic research is not.”
In a contentious conspiracy theory, the History News Network’s Chris Bray helpfully points to the US Department of Justice’s response to the motion by Boston College to quash the federal subpoena requesting the College’s Northern Ireland archive material. From the HNN post quoting the DoJ briefing [HNN added emphasis] In its Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with the United Kingdom, the federal government has traded away the role of the courts, leaving discretion only in the hands of the executive branch: “Notably, the …