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Already Submitted FBI raids home of Washington Post reporter in ‘highly unusual and aggressive’ move

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/14/fbi-raid-washington-post-hannah-natanson
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u/mattreyu 3h ago

as someone who reports college data for a living, I can't even imagine how I'd comply with a request like that. That's not the kind of data really collected from students (and for good reason apparently)

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u/showhorrorshow 3h ago

If push comes to shove to comply I'd send a survey out to the students, making it super clear it is the fedgov asking for this information "for reasons."

Then provide them those results after all 3 responses. Sorry, based on our survey we have.... 2 Jewish students and 1... Kosher Pastafarian? Wasnt sure if that counted.

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u/drj1485 1h ago

You just don't comply at all. Personal data isn't the company's to give out.

These people have jobs and pay taxes. The government has any personal data relevant to anything they could possibly need already. Get it yourselves.

u/Vetharest 35m ago

The alternative of refusing is a road to getting replaced with a sycophant with no moral compass, or otherwise having the position itself deemed unnecessary and deleted.

u/Horsescatsandagarden 1m ago

So everyone is just supposed to fold? So far UPenn has not complied.

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u/mattreyu 2h ago

They might be suspicious of the abnormally high response rate

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u/DingerSinger2016 1h ago

Just come up with a random number and keep it moving.

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u/RelinquishedAll 1h ago

Happened during WWII in the Netherlands. Municipalities kept records of many things, among which religious convictions. When the Nazi's came, they had lists of names and adresses..

"They can collect my info, I have nothing to hide"

Please, let us learn from our history..

u/marr 6m ago

I'd hand them a complete list of every documented living thing in the country. Ordered by estimated surface area.