Questioning journalists about their private conversations and internal work processes constitutes an illegitimate intel operation rather than a valid security measure.

“They're doing like an intel op and humiliation exercise on my producer. This isn't security. We're leaving right now. And they're holding his passport. The interrogator is holding the passport in his hand as he's asking these questions.”

The Trump administration is actively attempting to crush independent journalism and dissent to maintain control.

“It's all independent journalists that Donald Trump has made it his business to try to crush dissent, crush first amendment expression, crush independent journalism that he can't control.”