...Department had a legal obligation to take a number of investigative steps before subpoenaing the phone records of reporter John Solomon, they said. "We have directed our counsel to make a formal demand that the Justice Department explain the process...

...Approval for the subpoena was made on or before that date. The subpoena was part of a leak probe triggered by AP reporter John Solomon's May 4 story about a wiretap intercept of Sen. Robert Torricelli discussing campaign donations. U.S. Attorney...

...members of minority communities shared similar stories of stops they thought were race-based. Child protection worker John Solomon, a former police officer in Washington, said he has been stopped twice since moving to Minnesota for what he called...

...Times reported Saturday there were two other times during the three-week terror spree the snipers' car was also pulled over -- and then released. AP Staff Writers Gene Johnson and John Solomon in Washington contributed to this story.