New: Statement from former executive editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world’s greatest news organizations. "The Washington Post’s ambitions will be sharply diminished, its talented and brave staff will be further depleted, and the public will be denied the ground-level, fact-based reporting in our communities and around the world that is needed more than ever."

Marty Baron, the former executive editor of The Washington Post (my former employer), says: "It’s a clear and appalling sign that this administration will set no limits on its acts of aggression against an independent press."