Reporters across The Associated Press are outraged over the Justice Department's sweeping seizure of staff phone records - and they say such an intrusion could chill their relationships with confidential sources.
In conversations with POLITICO on Tuesday, several AP staffers in Washington, D.C., described feelings of anger and frustration with the DOJ and with the Obama administration in general.
"People are pretty mad — mad that government has not taken what we do seriously," one reporter said on Tuesday. "When the news broke yesterday…people were outraged and disgusted. No one was yelling and screaming, but it was like, "Are you kidding me!?"
"People are ticked," said another. "Everyone supports the reporters involved."
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