The Department of Agriculture is demanding states hand over personal data of food assistance recipients — including Social Security numbers, addresses and, in at least one state, citizenship status, according to emails shared with NPR by an official who was not allowed to speak publicly.

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    … according to emails shared with NPR by an official who was not allowed to speak publicly.

    This is not the first time in recent days that NPR has reported on information from anonymous sources who are not authorized to speak publicly.

    Kudos to NPR, and kudos to those sources.