Washington Post boasts it stared down ‘unwarranted’ Justice Department subpoena

The Washington Post boasted that the Justice Department planned to "force" reporters to testify before a federal grand jury but withdrew subpoenas after they were challenged by the paper. 

The Post published a Tuesday story citing "a Justice Department official familiar with the matter" that reporter Ellen Nakashima received a grand jury subpoena this spring "related to sensitive reporting about a national security matter."

The Post reported that the Jeff Bezos-owned newspaper "was...