Byline: MARK FELDSTEIN
WASHINGTON - In an earlier life, I spent 20 years as an investigative reporter, getting subpoenaed and sued in the United States, and censored and physically harassed in other parts of the globe. But when I switched careers to academia, I thought such scrapes would come to an end. I was wrong.
On March 3, two FBI agents showed up at my home, flashing their badges and demanding to see 25-year-old documents I've been reading as part of my research for a book I'm writing about Jack Anderson, the crusading investigative columnist who died in December.
I was surprised, to put it mildly, by the FBI's sudden interest in journalism history. I asked what crimes the agents were investigating.
"Violations of the Espionage Act," was the response.
The Espionage Act dates to 1917 and was …
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