WCAX-TV subpoenaed in Vermont criminal trial Show More Incident Details Date of Incident December 20, 2020 Location Burlington, Vermont Targets WCAX-TV Subpoena/Legal Order Subpoena Type → Journalist communications or work product Subpoena Status → Pending
Vermont Judiciary sets new rules on recording in courtrooms, registering as media Show More Incident Details Date of Incident September 3, 2019 Location Montpelier, Vermont Targets Media Denial of Access Politicians or Public Figures Involved → Vermont Judiciary
Subpoena for WCAX-TV footage of police shooting quashed; decision unsealed more than a year later Show More Incident Details Date of Incident January 17, 2018 Location Burlington, Vermont Targets WCAX-TV Subpoena/Legal Order Subpoena Type → Journalist communications or work product Subpoena Status → Quashed
Photojournalist detained at US-Canadian border ordered to delete images on camera Show More Incident Details Date of Incident September 4, 2017 Location Highgate, Vermont Targets Terry J. Allen (In These Times) Border Stop Border Point → Highgate Springs Port of Entry Stopped at border? → Yes Target Nationality → United States US Citizenship Status of Target → U.S. citizen Denied Entry? → No Stopped Previously? → No Asked for device access? → Yes Asked to display social media? → No Asked for social media passwords? → No Asked intrusive questions about work? → No Were devices searched or seized? → Yes Equipment Search or Seizure Equipment Seized → Camera, 1 Search Warrant Obtained → No Equipment Damage
Journalist stopped for secondary screening, cellphone searched Show More Incident Details Updated On June 28, 2021 Date of Incident July 30, 2017 Location Highgate Springs, Vermont Case number 1:17-cv-11730 Targets Isma’il Kushkush Case Status Dismissed Type of case Civil Border Stop Border Point → Highgate Springs Port of Entry Stopped at border? → Yes Target Nationality → Sudan United States US Citizenship Status of Target → U.S. citizen Denied Entry? → No Stopped Previously? → Yes Asked for device access? → Yes Asked to display social media? → Unknown Asked for social media passwords? → Unknown Asked intrusive questions about work? → Yes Were devices searched or seized? → Yes Equipment Search or Seizure Search Warrant Obtained → No