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Border Patrol agents hold a news conference prior to a media tour of a new US Customs and Border Protection temporary facility near the Donna International Bridge in Donna, Texas, May 2, 2019. A special Customs and Border Protection unit used sensitive government databases intended to track terrorists to investigate as many as 20 U.S.-based journalists, including a Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press reporter, according to a federal watchdog. Photo: UNB/AP
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Federal anti-terror unit investigated journalists

The revelations raised alarm in news organizations and prompted a demand for a full explanation