[Pondman88]

If Amanpour was talking to terrorists or suspected terrorists (which wouldn't surprise me) I hope we were spying on her.

[summer]

I am wondering if people like her, being in media, and trying to report, are the targets of propaganda put out by terrorists who pretend not to be. I am guessing that probably does happen, whether she thinks she is talking to a terrorist or she doesn't think so because she doesn't know.

[GoforBroke]

Glas someone dropped the dime on her.

[Darkwolf377]

Of course, being a reporter doesn't mean you've got the right to freely talk to terrorists the government is trying to apprehend.

If she attempted to contact a terrorist for an interview, and wiretapping her phone assisted in finding his hideout, that's a legitimate attempt to flush out a terrorist.

But you know that when this story breaks we will have a flood of "Impeachment" calls.

[RedEyeJack]

Rodger That...

You call a number flagged as a suspected terrorist or even someone who talks to known terrorist and you become subject to inquiry. If you don't think this matters remember that we had reporters in South East Asia say that they would not warn U.S. forces if they learned of enemy action since that would "compromise them" and (kinda) make them "spies". With this type of monitoring capability the NSA has the ability to do what the reporters say they could not "morally" do... know what the reporter knows if the reporter is collaborating with the enemy. If a state of war existed, oh by the way, such collaboration could get you hung, no matter what your exalted position in life.

[OldFriend]

Amanpour is the terrorists best friend. If her calls were snagged by Able Danger, then I am glad she got caught.

[rlmorel]

You beat me to it. That says it ALL.

[LucyJo]

Ditto, "journalists" have a perfect cover for being in contact with all sorts of people, and some of them are no more trustworthy than the sorts of people with whom they might choose to be in contact.

[Eva]

I should have read the remarks before posting, because you posted exactly what I did.

The leftis press are in a frenzy. As Rush said this morning, this is a planned plot to bring down Bush, as laid out in the Rockefeller memo. Tice is not the leaker, it's congressmen, Tice is the cover and they can't claim whistle blower status because they didn't complain through the proper channels before going public.

[meema]

If Amanpour was talking to terroristss or suspected terrorists (which wouldn't surprise me) I hope we were spying on her.

I agree. I wouldn't trust her any further than I could throw her.