joining us now in her first tv interview, audrey hudson, washington correspondent for "the colorado observer to see you, audrey. >> thanks for having me, gretchen. >> let's go back to 1986. i know your husband had some sort of a gun charge back then. is that what this all stems from? >> no. that has nothing to do with this. my husband was a federally licensed firearm dealer. however, what this has to do with is he purchased a potato launcher. it looks exactly like this. it's a novelty item. >> right. >> he purchased it online five years ago. the search warrant they presented at our house at 4:30 in the morning said that they came to recover this potato launcher. however, once they were in the house, the first thing that the homeland security officer asks me was, are you the same audrey hudson who wrote all of the federal air martial stories for the washington times? >> wow. because you had written some articles about air martials criticizing what? >> correct. i wrote numerous articles. i had a wealth of confidential informants. the main story i wrote that aggravated the agency was they lied

department of homeland security raided back in august on the house of washington times reporter audrey hudson according to the warrant the da just raided hudson's home to search for illegal guns the longer a husband but naturally agents can pass up that golden opportunity to seize hudson confidential files files related to a series of stories she had written critical of the federal air marshal program and wouldn't you know it the air marshal program falls into the administration of the d.h.s.s. what a coincidence according to hudson the confiscated documents included the names of multiple sources that had blown the whistle on.

department of homeland security raided back in august on the house of washington times reporter audrey hudson according to the warrant the da just raided hudson's home to search for illegal guns up longer a husband but naturally agents couldn't pass up that golden opportunity to seize hugs and confidential files files related to a series of stories she had written critical of the federal air marshal program and wouldn't you know it the air marshal program falls into the administration of the d.h.s.s. what a coincidence according to hudson the confiscated documents included the names of multiple sources that had blown the whistle on the ineptitude of this program when describing the home invasion hudson said quote this guy basically came in here and took my anonymous sources and turned them over to the agency they were blowing the whistle on and these guys still work there yes that's right whistleblowers that are currently employed by the d.h.s.s. listen good journalists are willing to go to jail in order to protect their sources but hudson wasn't even given that choice this d.h.s.s. raid was

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department of homeland security raided back in august on the house of washington times reporter audrey hudson according to the warrant the da just raided hudson's home to search for illegal guns up longer a husband but naturally agents can pass up that golden opportunity to seize hudson confidential files files related to a series of stories she had written critical of the federal air marshal program and wouldn't you know it the air marshal program falls into the administration of the d h s what a coincidence according to hudson the confiscated documents included the names of multiple sources that had blown the whistle on the ineptitude of this program when describing the home invasion hudson said quote this guy basically came in here and took my anonymous sources and turned them over to the agency they were blowing the whistle on and these guys still work there yes that's right whistleblowers that are currently employed by the d.h.s.s. listen good journalists are willing to go to jail in order to protect their sources but hudson wasn't even given that choice this d.h.s.s. raid was meant to s

department of homeland security raided back in august on the house of washington times reporter audrey hudson according to the warrant the da just raided hudson's home to search for illegal guns of longer a husband but naturally agents can pass out that golden opportunity to seize hugs and confidential files files related to a series of stories she had written critical of the federal air marshal program and wouldn't you know it the air marshal program falls into the administration of the d h s what a coincidence according to.

department of homeland security raided back in august on the house of washington times reporter audrey hudson according to the warrant the da just raided hudson's home to search for illegal guns up longer a husband but naturally agents can pass up that golden opportunity to seize hugs and confidential files files related to a series of stories she had written critical of the federal air marshal program and wouldn't you know it the air marshal program falls into the administration of the d.h.s.s. what a coincidence according to her.

she was asked by an investigator with the coast guard investigative service if she was the same audrey hudson who had written a series of critical stories about air marshals for the washington times over the last decade. the coast guard operation under the department of homeland security. hudson said that investigator miguel bosh identified himself as a former air marshal official but it wasn't until a month later, on september 10, that hudson was informed that five files, including her hand-written and typed notes from interviews with numerous confidential sources, and other documents had been taken during the raid. quote, in particular the files included notes that were used to expose how the federal air marshal service had lied to congress about the number of airline flights they were actually protecting against another terrorist attack, unquote. hudson wrote, in a summary about the raid provided to "the daily caller." the coast guard was involved because audrey's husband works for them as an ordinance technician. what was the reason for grabbing his wife's files? she said she asked bosh w

audrey hudson had exposed problems with the homeland security department and the agents took her notes and documents that she had obtained under the freedom of information act. they had a warrant to search for unregistered firearms suspected of belonging to her husband. but hudson's journalistic work is absolutely not connected to that probe and the administration hasn't adequately explained what seems like highly questionable conduct. >>> up next, oots fatal school shooting makes news. but coverage of the crime quickly fades. >>> i was horrified when news of the cool shooting in nevada flashed on the tv screens this week. another tragedy? here you go again. let's begin with a developing story, a new american tragedy and this time a middle school in reno, nevada. >> it has nearly been a year since the awful scoot shooting at sandy hook elementary schooling in newtown, connecticut. >> the police are telling us a student shot and killed a teacher and wounded two classmates. >> just heartbreaking. a seventh grade student opened fire, killing an eighth grade teacher, a hero who tried to st

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