Homeland Security Investigating U.S. Request to Twitter

The U.S. Homeland Security Department's inspector general said he was investigating possible abuse of authority in a case that triggered a lawsuit against the department by Twitter Inc. Inspector General John Roth described the probe in a letter to Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat who had asked for an investigation due to concerns about free speech protections.

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