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The Government Spied on Me. You Could Be Next.
Real Clear Politics ^
| May 10, 2019
| Sharyl Attkisson
Posted on 05/10/2019 1:23:00 PM PDT by detective
It was bad enough when the Department of Justice under Attorney General Eric Holder engaged in spying on journalist James Rosen (and even spied on his parents' phone records). And the same cast of characters secretly spied on Associated Press reporters -- also in the name of tracking down government leakers.
Amid those discoveries were NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden's revelations about massive government spying on the citizenry, which Director of National Intelligence James Clapper had denied under oath. As the dominos began to fall, Holder expressed some regret, particularly as it applied to the intrusion upon journalists, who until the Obama administration had been considered largely off limits for the government's intel dragnet.
Then there's my case.
During the same period, intelligence sources alerted me that the government was spying on my electronic devices while I was an investigative reporter at CBS News. I was often working with whistleblowers inside the administration: honest people willing to expose bad things going on inside the federal government.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: attkisson; comeyspygate; holder; johnhuber; obama; obamaspygate; rodrosenstein; sharylattkisson; spygate
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This is an excellent article.
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posted on
05/10/2019 1:23:01 PM PDT
by
detective
To: detective
If anyone deserves a Nobel Prize for Journalism it is Sharyl Attkisson.
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posted on
05/10/2019 1:34:33 PM PDT
by
BushCountry
(thinks he needs a gal whose name doesn't end in ".jpg")
To: detective
Not possible. Our government doesn’t “spy” on anyone. At least according to Former FBI Director James Comey.
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posted on
05/10/2019 1:35:24 PM PDT
by
Theo
(FReeping since 1998 ... drain the swamp.)
To: detective
Apparently, coming clean in that way would open a can of worms – one I suspect is larger than anything we've heard discussed to date. The "can of worms" would likely involve exposing the activities, persons and approvers who allow this unlawful and expansive intrusion to continue unabated.
She deserves great credit for her personal courage for taking on this battle for every citizen.
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posted on
05/10/2019 1:39:57 PM PDT
by
Starboard
To: Theo
Ask Comeystain what became of Deep Throat.
He was convicted of spying on The Weathermen.
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posted on
05/10/2019 1:40:33 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
To: detective
Just a few links to show how the FedGov spied on Sharyl...
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posted on
05/10/2019 1:40:35 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
( Import the third world and you'll become the third world.)
To: Responsibility2nd
“Just a few links to show how the FedGov spied on Sharyl”
Thanks for the information and the links.
I am very familiar with how the Obama administration and the FBI under Comey illegally spied on Sharyl Attkisson.
I am also aware of how the management at CBS News betrayed her.
I am also aware of how the fake news media supported the Obama administration when they illegally spied on her.
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posted on
05/10/2019 1:57:51 PM PDT
by
detective
To: detective
I think it all fell apart for poor Sharyl when she reported on the Benghazi scandal.
A journalist telling the truth? No wonder the Deep State hacked her computer and See BS fired her.
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posted on
05/10/2019 2:03:18 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
( Import the third world and you'll become the third world.)
To: BushCountry
Agreed.
She one of the very few who is an honest reporter.
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posted on
05/10/2019 2:14:12 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
To: detective; acapesket; al baby; AllAmericanGirl44; Art in Idaho; BatGuano; Batman11; Bob434; ...
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posted on
05/10/2019 2:27:50 PM PDT
by
upchuck
("Bloggers" is the most abused forum on FR. Most posts made there should be in chat.)
She is on John Carlson’s radio show every Friday morning in Seattle. She’s doing her test for a 5th DEGREE BLACK BELT tonight. Impressive.
To: Starboard
1. Everything that you put on the Internet is saved and analyzed.
2. When you leave your house, make sure that your hair is combed. You are under observation.
3. Your cell phone is listening to you as you carry on a conversation. No one knows who uses the info.
4. We are no longer a “free nation”
To: detective
“The Government Spied on Me. You Could Be Next.”
And???!!!
Find the democrat prick who did it, and meet the squish at the vegetable section in Publix.
Drag the weenie to the back of the store and kick his a$$.
This isn’t rocket science, people. Kicking butt is how our founders rid themselves of King George spies and bureaucrats. You identified them, dragged them into the street, kicked their butts and they disappeared out of fear of dying.
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posted on
05/10/2019 4:13:40 PM PDT
by
sergeantdave
(Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
To: detective
There is likely a ‘file’
on each and every person in
the technologically connected world.
The only thing that keeps it
from being used against us is
the integrity of it’s gatekeepers.
It will be soon revealed that
those in power have been abusing
the system far far more widely and
to an unimaginable extent and
for even the most frivolous
of reasons.
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posted on
05/10/2019 4:32:22 PM PDT
by
infool7
(Observe, Orient, Pray, Decide, Act!(it's an OOPDA loop))
To: BushCountry
Amen!
She has paid a higher price, with less praise, than many.
There are several very worthy journalists extant, mostly women, but I think she is at the top.
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posted on
05/10/2019 5:10:34 PM PDT
by
YogicCowboy
("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: Mama Shawna
Why am I not surprised? A warrior.
(My best friend shares your name, same spelling.)
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posted on
05/10/2019 5:12:55 PM PDT
by
YogicCowboy
("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: sergeantdave
They did so corporately, in actual, open warfare. The Founding Fathers were extremely well educated and civilized, and they prosecuted the war for liberation wisely. If they had not done so, they would have lost.
They did not do so individually, as vigilantes, in an advanced-technology state that applies rule of law selectively and aggressively in favor of the “democrat prick” who was assaulted.
Manafort is in solitary confinement. Podesta is not.
Stone was SWATted at dawn. McCabe was not.
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posted on
05/10/2019 5:23:00 PM PDT
by
YogicCowboy
("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: detective
You [we] are and have been next. Anyone who doesn’t think with all the cameras, recording and monitoring equipment in use today that the Government is not spying on us is living in a fool’s paradise.
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posted on
05/10/2019 5:28:16 PM PDT
by
sport
To: YogicCowboy
What are you talking about?
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posted on
05/10/2019 7:17:13 PM PDT
by
sergeantdave
(Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
To: Theo
Yes, it’s not “spying” when they do it.
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posted on
05/10/2019 7:28:18 PM PDT
by
gogeo
(Liberal politics and mental instability; coincidence, correlation, or causation?)
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