Talk:2017–2018 Department of Justice metadata seizures/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: GhostRiver (talk · contribs) 19:16, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

I'll be taking a look at this! — GhostRiver 19:16, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Good Article review progress box Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV () 3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant () Note: this represents where the article stands relative to the Good Article criteria. Criteria marked are unassessed

Background

• there were 27 open investigations into what he called an "epidemic" of leaks of classified information, about nine times what the Obama administration had undertaken. Copied from source

Metadata seizure

CNN

• Prosecutors were seeking email records from a time period when Starr reported on US military options in North Korea that were ready to be presented to Trump, as well as stories on Syria and Afghanistan. Copied from source
• CNN General Counsel David Vigilante was prohibited under a gag order issued by a federal magistrate judge in the Eastern District of Virginia from sharing any details about the government's efforts with anyone beyond the network's president, top attorneys at CNN's corporate parent and attorneys at an outside law firm. Copied from source

Washington Post

• Most of this paragraph is close to or copied from the source and needs to be reworded per WP:LIMITED

Lawmakers

• While Apple says it would have normally informed customers copied from source
• records seized included those from staff members who had nothing to do with issues related to Russia or former FBI Director James Comey, Copied from source

Reactions

Organizations

• A Google spokeswoman said that while it does not comment on specific cases, the company was "firmly committed to protecting our customers’ data and we have a long history of pushing to notify our customers about any legal requests." copied from source

Trump administration

• push to unmask leakers of classified information very specific phrase copied from source

Biden administration

• Almost all of the last paragraph is copied from the source

References

• Reference [65] is a bare link that needs to be filled in full
• Access date needed for [11] (Benner), [29] (Savage and Goldman), [88] (Schiff)
• Missing work on [38] and [66]

General comments

• Photos are properly licensed and relevant
• No stability concerns in the revision history
• Concerns about Earwig score noted above. Most is from quoting, some needs to be fixed

The number of copyright violations here (I have not even checked all of the matches), plus the fact that you have already received warnings for copyright violations, gives me significant pause in this review. I am marking this as a fail. — GhostRiver 22:22, 15 November 2021 (UTC)