Posted on 11/14/2021 1:16:16 PM PST by RandFan
NEW YORK — The following is a statement from Brian Hauss, senior staff attorney with the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, in response to reports of an FBI raid on Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe:
“Project Veritas has engaged in disgraceful deceptions, and reasonable observers might not consider their activities to be journalism at all. Nevertheless, the precedent set in this case could have serious consequences for press freedom. Unless the government had good reason to believe that Project Veritas employees were directly involved in the criminal theft of the diary, it should not have subjected them to invasive searches and seizures. We urge the court to appoint a special master to ensure that law enforcement officers review only those materials that were lawfully seized and that are directly relevant to a legitimate criminal investigation.”
We are getting in sorry shape when the ACLU is defending Project Veritas.
Looks like the ACLU also wants to be sued for libeling Project Veritas.
You hear that Joe? Even the ACLU is not liking your gestapo tactics on a private citizen.
This is a leftist, lefthanded, and backhanded “assist” to PV from the ACLU. It doesn’t help, really.
Yes but 2/3 of that quote was BS that only the ACLU could have come up with.
Fly on the wall of the actual ACLU leadership meeting: “We’re going to have to somehow support the free press rights of Project Veritas, dammit dammit dammit”
It’s hurting her brain 🤪
[[“Project Veritas has engaged in disgraceful deceptions, and reasonable observers might not consider their activities to be journalism at all.]]
Do they say the same thing about “To Catch a thief” and various other under cover investigative shows that expose crime?
Yeah since the ACLU are leftist turds..they first start off by blabbing about how Project Veritas are not “Real” journalists..I guess to the ACLU real journalists are leftist trash to spew leftist trash
Methinks they are covering their @$$ets.
Tepid backhanded support.
There was no evidence that the diary was unlawfully seized, that is the point. What good is a special master?
Project Veritas is dedicated to uncovering the “disgraceful deceptions” of the US government against the People. I don’t know what the ACLU is anymore.
Mmmmm.
More like - don’t think you can do this to anyone we like....
Sigh.
I think they confused them with CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times and the Washington Post.
Let’s play fill in the blanks....... 1st starts with F.....
Or 60 Minutes?
“Project Veritas has engaged in disgraceful deceptions
They have to let their bias out in the first words...
Leftists are so two-faced.
“Project Veritas has engaged in disgraceful deceptions”
That’s a knowingly, provably false defamatory statement. Project Veritas should should sue them for libel.
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