named aly what thekins who now works for the times, she previously worked for buzzfeed, she previously worked for politico. again, now she works for the times. and she did not know i guess until recently that the justice department had seized her records, her phone and e-mail records. that s a big deal for anybody. it s a really big deal, and it has really big first amendment implications if they do this to a reporter. continuing from the times, shortly before she began working at the times, fbi agents approached the reporter, aly watkins, seeking information about a previous three-year romantic relationship she had had with james a. wolf, the senate intelligence committee s former director of security. the fbi agents said they were investigating unauthorized leaks. ms. watkins did not answer the agents questions. mr. wolf stopped performing committee work in december. he retired from the committee in may, meaning last month. mr. wolf was not a source of information for ms.