Justice Department going after leakers! - Fox News

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[Pukin Dog]

Just announced on Fox News, the Justice Department is going to investigate leaks pertaining to Goverment Wiretapping and Security programs.

[mystery-ak]

Did you see the one pundit? The only talking points out are: this is a distraction. This is a distraction for the President, for Republicans 2006 elections. And why did they announce it on a Friday before a holiday weekend. That guy seriously looked idiotic.



They're worried......they know this is big!

[grey_whiskers]

Do you think Patrick Henry would have had any problem with the interception of British mail or dispaches during the Revolutionary War?

I dunno. Let's ask him. :-)

Patrick: This is part of a thread about the recent announcement on Fox News that Dept. of Justice is going after the NSA wiretap leakers...

I know you're normally on the crevo threads, but since (IIRC) you are a lawyer, I'd love to hear your take on this...

Cheers!

[mainepatsfan]

They have just as many when a cat is stuck in a tree.

[Just A Nobody]

Well, I guess if cnn says it has legs, it must have legs.

[sheltonmac]

Do you really believe, were he alive today, that he would object to Bush using his authority to protect this nation from foreign attack? If you do, you're living in kookooland.

First of all, only a fool would believe that domestic spying is being limited to international communication. Secondly, most so-called "conservatives" here wouldn't have a problem if the NSA tapped every single phone in America.

Is there anything the government shouldn't be allowed to do in the name of "national security"?

[advance_copy]

Matt Millen... LOL!

[liberty_lvr]

Unless the NYT has clearance, this isn't true.

Baloney. Lack of official status does not suddenly make you immune to the law regarding classified material. I work for a defense contractor; of course, not all of our employees carry security clearances. However the gub'mint specialists who come in each year to brief our employees make it quite clear: ignorance of the law is no defense. Those without a clearance have the same obligation to protect classified data as those with one.

[commonerX]

Time for a good old fashion purge. Yea think

[DarthVader]

There was a post on here earlier last week saying that Rat Traitor Senators Rockefeller, Durbin and Wyden are under investigation.

[digger48]

Schumer ALWAYS steps in.

[sageb1]

Of course, we'll probably end up seeing little more than staffers (and maybe a few DNC operatives) used as scapegoats. I doubt this will take any big-timer down, although at least one would be nice.

[Mike Darancette]

I want to see some Journalists FROG MARCHED!

Journos will only be frog marched if the fail to reveal sources. A Senator and a judge may be in some hot water.

[mainepatsfan]

The MSM seems to have been caught flat footed.

[mystery-ak]

They have just as many when a cat is stuck in a tree.

LOL...true

[angkor]

From the MSNBC story:

“We are opening an investigation into the unauthorized disclosure of classified materials related to the NSA,” one official said, referring to the National Security Agency.

I grew up near NSA and had many, many personal contacts with NSA folks, including families.

The leaks that started in the NY Slimes are absolutely obscene, and the employees who engaged in them should be hanged.

[mainepatsfan]

I'd love to be a fly on the wall at the DNC and the NY Times newsroom right now.

[Trajan88]

Re: "Looks like our President has been doing much more than "clearing brush" at the Western White House."

Yep... Mr. President is takin' out the trash :-)

[DarthVader]

How about burned at the stake?

A hot steak is better than a cold chop!! :-)

[KCRW]

I laughed out loud when I say that guy. What a idiot!

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and one of the members briefed by the administration about the surveillance plan, expressed deep reservations about the program to the vice president in 2003. But he said he also would like hearings into whom leaked the story to reporters at the Times.