Article snippet: Attorney General Code of Federal Regulations, states that the use of subpoenas, and other "law enforcement tools" to obtain information from members of the news media, are viewed as "extraordinary measures, not standard investigatory practice." The section notes that the subpoenas will only be authorized "when the information sought is essential ... after all reasonable alternative attempts have been made to obtain the information from alternative sources." The policy makes an exception for instances in which the media member is the "target" of the investigation or when "conduct" occurred outside of "newsgathering activities." Obama-era Attorney General Eric Holder had established a standard during his tenure that "as long as I am attorney general, no reporter is going to go to jail for doing their job.” That standard was adhered to by his successor Loretta Lynch. “We don’t know yet [of any] changes we are making, but we are taking a fresh look at it," said Rosenstein about the process of conducting media leak investigations. Journalism organizations and others expressed concern over the potential changes. "We don’t know where this is going, but I think there are reasons to be concerned that the changes would weaken the protections for journalists that are essential to the public interest," Bruce D. Brown, the executive director for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, said. The Reporters Committee was deeply involved in revising the DOJ ... Link to the full article to read more