The bureau wants information on readers who accessed an article published by USA Today related to the death of two of its agents. The details demanded fall within a specific 35-minute time frame.
USA Today posted an article on February 2nd,2021 related to the shooting of two FBI agents and the suicide of a suspect while the agents tried to serve a search warrant at a Florida apartment in relation to child pornography. The FBI filed a subpoena demanding USA Today to hand over details related to the IP addresses, phone numbers, and other personally identifying information of the readers who accessed the above-mentioned article within a specific 35 minute time frame. The subpoena does not seem to seek the readers’ names. It had asked USA Today not to disclose the request and provide all the requested information by May 29,2021. The bureau did not confirm who or what it was trying to track or how electronic records of readers of the story might help the criminal investigation.
