By Caleb Gasteiger | Staff Writers | In an aggressive move to stop additional leaks from occurring, the Obama administration secretly seized two months of phone records from the Associated Press (AP). The seizures were accomplished without the AP’s knowledge by bypassing the AP and going directly to the phone companies where they subpoenaed 20 phone lines including its offices, home phones and cellphones of journalists, according to The New York Times. Chief Executive of the AP, Gary Pruitt, addressed the situation in a public statement about what this means to his publication and America. “We don’t question their right to conduct these sorts of investigations,” said Pruitt, to … [Read more...] about Justice Department seizes AP phone records