[Southack]

"Now what caused this shift.."

The "shift" was that the reporters were caught fabricating the whole "get Bush" witchhunt around the supposed leaking of Plame's name. Naturally, their attorneys blame the "confidential" sources rather than the reporters themselves, which may or may not even exist.

If the reporters won any of these court rulings, then their alibi of blaming the unnamed sources would hold up...as well as give reporters in the future the full rights to fabricate the most slanderous and libelous of stories with full immunity (after all, they could simply blame their "confidential" sources taht don't really exist).

...And the trolls supporting the reporters in this case want that very thing; they want to give reporters full immunity from slander, conspiracy, and libel in order to turn loose the Leftwing news media against every Conservative, in office or not.

[Shermy]

""The "shift" was that the reporters were caught fabricating the whole "get Bush" witchhunt around the supposed leaking of Plame's name.""

It was whipped up by Joe Wilson's invoking names the Left MSM hate (Rove), fueled by his angry obsession to denounce not so much the outing of his wife's name, but the accusation she might have had something to do with with his trip.

[stinkerpot65]

So then:

1. No crime was committed.

2. In your view, the only justification for the whole investigation is to prove the reporters to be liars. I wouldn't be surprised that they are, and it would be poetic justice since they whipped up the story to begin with.

However, it is not the job of the Justice Department to hammer reporters for lying. Sooner or later, that hammer will be in the hands of a corrupt Democrat.

Do you want a Hillary Clinton presidency with the same power to intimidate Fox or Rush Limbaugh? She would surely do it, just as she did with the IRS.

Besides, the lies of the MSM over the decades are already catching up to them. They are the most despised insitution in the country.

Government control of the press (or any other speech) is dangerous. The only good solution is a robust conservative press to counter their lies.

3. Gig 'em. Class of 82 (for Southack) How dare you call me a troll. You must be a B.Q.!