Early Wednesday morning, the FBI raided a reporter's home,
the home of our colleague, federal government reporter Hannah Nathanson.
Raids like this are exceptionally rare.
It was part of a national security case focused on a government contractor,
that's according to the warrant.
And neither Hannah nor the Post are targets of the investigation, the Post has been told.
But Hannah has spent the past year covering the Trump administration's efforts to fire federal workers.
And she has more than a thousand sources.
The raid of her home has now raised alarms for free press advocates and journalists,
says democracy reporter Sarah Ellison.
The people we talked to just saw the FBI search of Hannah Nathanson's home as a really jarring escalation aimed at reporters gathering information on the government.
From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports.
I'm Elahe Izzadi.
It's Thursday, January 15th.
Today, we're going to bring you an excerpt from an interview we did with Hannah last year.
She talks about how she became a trusted reporter for federal workers who wanted to alert the public about what was happening inside of the government.
But first, I speak with democracy reporter Sarah Ellison.
We talk about why the FBI's actions here were so unusual and how journalists are confronting a new reality and trying to bring important stories to light.
Hi, Sarah.
Hi, thanks for having me.