Posted on 05/24/2013 4:02:34 PM PDT by raptor22
Press Freedom: The president worries about the "chilling effect" of leak investigations as his attorney general signs the warrant labeling a Fox News reporter as a violator of the Espionage Act. The hypocrisy is breathtaking.
'I am troubled by the possibility that leak investigations may chill the investigative journalism that holds government accountable," President Obama said with a straight face in a speech Thursday at the National Defense University. "Journalists should not be at legal risk for doing their jobs."
Indeed, investigative reporting should not be a criminal offense — just ask Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, whose digging unearthed Watergate.
Now comes the hysterically funny part:
"I have raised these issues with the attorney general, who shares my concern. So he has agreed to review existing Department of Justice guidelines governing investigations that involve reporters, and will convene a group of media organizations to hear their concerns as part of that review. And I have directed the attorney general to report back to me by July 12."
Well, Mr. President, you won't have to wait until July 12 to find out. NBC News has reported that your attorney general, Eric Holder, personally signed off on a controversial search warrant that identified Fox News reporter James Rosen as a "possible co-conspirator" in violations of the Espionage Act and authorized seizure of his private emails.
In an affidavit in support of a search warrant obtained by FBI Agent Reginald B. Reyes to secure Rosen's Google emails, it was stated:
"There is probable cause to believe that the reporter has committed a violation" of the Espionage Act "at the very least, either as an aider, abettor and/or co-conspirator of Mr. Kim."
Kim is State Department intelligence analyst Stephen Kim, who has been indicted on charges that he leaked to Rosen classified information...
(Excerpt) Read more at news.investors.com ...
Chutzpah!
well that’s why they call him Eric ‘ Dick’ Holder .....
Holder is about to go under the bus.
LMAO
Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.
One day all of the people Obama has tossed under the bus are going to pick it up and drop it on the buffoon.
“Hey, conservatives: It’s raining.”
Circle jerk.
Imagine the howls from the “news” media if W told his AG to investigate himself. They’d be falling all over themselves in hyperbole trying to top each other in describing how “stupid” and “brainless” the W administration was to think we’d all fall for that “scheme”.
The rules to remove rogue gummint critters (in all three branches), if such rules even exist in our perfect Republic, are too stringent, too flawed and impossible to apply. Obamugabe and his gang feel safer than an average burglar.
When the President “allows” a criminal to investigate himself, you know the leadership has failed the American People
These communists are hard to believe.
The pot (head) calling the kettle black.
IBD EDITORIAL PING
Holder looking into Holder looks like this:http://wemeantwell.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/head_up_ass.jpg
Holder my @$$!
This made me laugh out loud when I read the headline.
Wonderful!
Just think of all the money taxpayers will save ( /sarc )
Bank robbers can try themselves.
Rapists can try themselves.
Murderers can try themselves.
Extortionists can try themselves.
Embezzlers can try themselves...
Etc.
Is this a wonderful country? or what?
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