James Gordon Meek

A report on an FBI search last spring at the home of then-ABC News producer-reporter James Gordon Meek has generated a response from his attorney and ...

Special Forces team in Niger on October 4, 2017, and the shifting version of events that the Pentagon offered to family members of the fallen soldiers. At the time, the website Arlington Now reported on the law enforcement activity at the building but without the details of the search of Meek’s home. But back in April, the FBI confirmed that it conducted “court-authorized law enforcement activity” on the block of Meek’s apartment building. Meek’s attorney did not elaborate on his whereabouts, his current job status or the nature of his departure from the network. Meek has not been charged, but a magistrate judge signed off on the warrant the day before the raid. [a report](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/fbi-raid-abc-news_producer-1234613619/) in our sister publication Rolling Stone, Meek’s exit came after an April 27 raid of his apartment in Arlington, VA.

'He contacted me in the spring, and was really distraught, and told me that he had some serious personal issues going on,' co-author says.

“The allegations in your inquiry are troubling for a different reason: they appear to come from a source inside the government. “And people asked, but no one knew the answer.” [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) That vehicle is designed to be jumped out of so they can do a raid in that kind of time. The FBI cannot comment further due to an ongoing investigation”. It is highly inappropriate, and illegal, for individuals in the government to leak information about an ongoing investigation. [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. We hope that the [Department of Justice] promptly investigates the source of this leak.” He said he spotted 10 heavily armed people among the group of law enforcement officers, a green armoured tactical vehicle, a black utility vehicle with tinted windows and several Arlington police cars, among other vehicles. The heavily armed individuals had no markings revealing what agency they were working for. “Most people seeing that green vehicle would think it’s some kind of tank. [Rolling Stone magazine](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/fbi-raid-abc-news_producer-1234613619/) that he witnessed the raid from the street as he was heading out on a walk.

Emmy-winner James Gordon Meek disappears after feds found classified info on his computer.

"In the raid's aftermath, Meek ... has made himself scarce," said the report. "But his track record of exclusives was undeniable, breaking the news of foiled terrorist plots in New York City and the Army's coverup of the fratricidal death of Pfc.

James Gordon Meek abruptly resigned from ABC News following an FBI raid of his home and colleagues haven't seen him since, according to a new Rolling Stone ...

Siegel reported that ABC’s sister company Hulu stopped an Emmy campaign that was attempting to put a spotlight on "3212 Un-Redacted," a documentary based on Meek’s reporting, once he "apparently went AWOL," and Simon & Schuster stopped using Meek’s credentials to promote a book he worked on. [Rolling Stone](https://www.foxnews.com/media/rolling-stone-writer-deletes-tweet-referring-mrs-fetterman-de-facto-candidate-since-husbands-stroke) that Meek "resigned very abruptly and hasn’t worked for us for months," while staffers told the magazine they "have no idea what happened to Meek." "At ABC News, Meek’s sudden absence has left many of his colleagues perplexed, given that he still had time remaining on his contract. Scott Mann, a retired Green Beret who worked on the book with Meek, told Rolling Stone he honored Meek’s request to withdraw from the project. It is highly inappropriate, and illegal, for individuals in the government to leak information about an ongoing investigation. The allegations in your inquiry are troubling for a different reason: they appear to come from a source inside the government. "Sources familiar with the matter say federal agents allegedly found classified information on Meek’s laptop during their raid. "In the raid’s aftermath… 6’](https://www.foxnews.com/media/disgraced-ex-fbi-agent-tells-msnbc-9-11-nothing-compared-jan-6) [following an FBI raid](https://www.foxnews.com/category/tech/topics/fbi) of his Arlington, Virginia, home and colleagues haven’t seen him since, according to a new report. An FBI representative told Rolling Stone its agents were present on the morning of April 27… But independent observers believe the raid is among the first — and quite possibly, the first — to be carried out on a journalist by the Biden administration."

Rolling Stone reports that feds found classified information on James Gordon Meek's laptop during an April raid. Neither his ABC colleagues nor his ...

The 3212 is in reference to the Green Beret team, and the documentary claims that there is “evidence of a cover-up at the highest levels of the Army.” The documentary focuses on a 2017 mission in Niger, Africa gone wrong and one that resulted in the deaths of 4 U.S. But independent observers believe the raid is among the first — and quite possibly, the first — to be carried out on a journalist by the Biden administration.”

A seasoned Disney-owned ABC News reporter has disappeared without a trace after an FBI raid at his Virginia home.

[3212](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/3212-unredacted-review-1254686/) [ Un-Redacted](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/3212-unredacted-review-1254686/), which accuses some prominent in the United States Army of a massive coverup of events that allegedly left four U. And he went on his way, and I continued on the project.” The government was forced to abandon the prosecution after it came to light that the FBI had unlawfully tapped Ellsberg’s phone and that agents of the White House had broken into the office of his psychiatrist.” Mann, the author of the book and a retired Lt. “[He] told me that he had some serious personal issues going on and that he needed to withdraw from the project. [The Espionage Act of 1917](https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1045/espionage-act-of-1917#:~:text=The%20Espionage%20Act%20of%201917%20prohibited%20obtaining%20information%2C%20recording%20pictures,advantage%20of%20any%20foreign%20nation.) makes it illegal to obtain information, record photos, or “copy descriptions of any information relating to the national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information may be used for the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation.” Its controversy lies in the way that the law offers no distinction between individuals and groups who mean to harm the U. He’s known by some in the business as a “military fanboy,” and his stellar record for breaking news pertaining to terrorist plots against New York City, as well as the United States Army’s cover-up of the death of Pfc. And no one could have known that Meek’s outstanding career was about to be turned upside down–or that the man who had spent his professional life in the thick of it, would disappear. But few knew that federal agents had raided Meek’s home in the Eastern District of Virginia on April 26 and allegedly discovered classified information on his laptop during the search approved by a U. His tweet was in response to a tweet by former CIA agent Marc Polymeropoulos, in which he opined that the Ukrainian military was flourishing against its Russian enemies–with the help of the United States. [ABC News documentary on Hulu, titled 3212 Un-Redacted](https://www.hulu.com/series/3212-un-redacted-7ecb7a58-6d39-447b-a4ec-7c511ab894b0), which was said to have Emmy potential, 52-year-old Meek had every appearance of being at the very height of his career. His tweet was a reply to the Washington Post Pentagon reporter Dan Lamothe, who tweeted about copious amounts of intel related to Russia’s combat strategy gained by the United States military as they were able to observe Russian forces in real-time.

ABC News reporter James Gordon Meek has vanished following an FBI raid for classified information on his laptop.

The first sentence of the jacket previously read: “In April, ABC News correspondent James Gordon Meek got an urgent call from a Special Forces operator serving overseas.” Now it says: “In April, an urgent call was placed from a Special Forces operator serving overseas.” Meek even featured a picture of the soon-to-publish book in his bio on social media and frequently tweeted about his involvement. Even stranger, in the months before he vanished, Meek was finishing up work on a book for Simon & Schuster titled Operation Pineapple Express: The Incredible Story of a Group of Americans Who Undertook One Last Mission and Honored a Promise in Afghanistan, which he co-authored with Lt. The allegations in your inquiry are troubling for a different reason: they appear to come from a source inside the government. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco would have had to sign off on the search as a new policy enacted last year prohibits federal prosecutors from seizing documents from journalists. Meek resigned from his role at ABC immediately following the raid.

James Gordon Meek was a star ABC news reporter. Then, the FBI raided his home. He resigned abruptly and disappeared.

He has broken major exclusives such as a plot to bomb New York City tunnels, and he waged a five-year investigation into the fratricide death in Iraq of a G.I. He has covered the rise of Al Qaeda since 1998, from the Millennium Plot to reporting from the ground outside the Pentagon after a hijacked plane hit it on Sept. While a source claimed that the FBI found classified information on Meek’s laptop, his lawyer denies these allegations. “And people asked, but no one knew the answer.” Multiple sources told Rolling Stone that Meek’s top-floor home in the Siena Park apartment building was the target of an FBI raid. James has looked terrorists in the eye such as 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed at Guantanamo, “shoe bomber” Richard Reid and Jose Padilla inside the “Supermax” federal prison, and Zacarias Moussaoui in a Virginia courtroom. Gabe Rottman of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press told Rolling Stone that, to his knowledge, there hadn’t been such a case since 2021. [2021 policy](https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/no-more-spying-on-journalists) forbids federal prosecutors from seizing journalists’ documents, so a search of Meek’s investigative work would require U.S. This raid is possibly the first conducted against a journalist under the Biden administration. “That vehicle is designed to be jumped out of so they can do a raid in that kind of time. Antonelli noticed several unmarked cars and no less than ten heavily-armed law enforcement offers at the scene. [James Gordon Meek](https://twitter.com/meekwire/with_replies) abruptly quit his job, logged off social media, and disappeared.