Posted on 05/20/2013 6:54:21 AM PDT by Perdogg
It is now well known that the Obama justice department has prosecuted more government leakers under the 1917 Espionage Act than all prior administrations combined - in fact, double the number of all such prior prosecutions. But as last week's controversy over the DOJ's pursuit of the phone records of AP reporters illustrated, this obsessive fixation in defense of secrecy also targets, and severely damages, journalists specifically and the newsgathering process in general.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
Thank you for the corrections.
CA....
Everyday it’s something. First it was the gal in Houston who was harrassed because of her Tea Party and True to Vote associations. Now this. I also see where the Fast and Furious Whistle blower was smeared.
I think this is the tip of the ice berg folks. It might explain why the MSM has not touched Obama because they’ve been afraid to do so.
I think the WORST is yet to come on this. We haven’t heard anything from Petreaus who may have the most to say here.
Btt
” Seems like the MSM should be picking up the ball and running with this one.
To get the surveillance Justice dept said the reporter broke the law yet no charges brought against him, since he did nothing illegal to charge him with. “
One would think so
Our cultural traditions?? Ours?/
Here in Maryland its the Third world nations Balkins, designed that way (past decade or so, NYC went that way first) for Dems to gain and keep power.
Neighbors only talk to neighbors who are from their own country(usually in their own language), while their kids learn ‘civics’ Obama style from the public schools.
Most of them are two parent hetrosexual parents as in thie own countries, yet we got gay marriage re-affirmed at the polls last year.
You’re right Sarge.
Obama’s thugs will use this - give it to their boys at the New York Times. They’ll spin an ‘equivalency’. Look for ‘60 Minutes’ to explore the issue too - with lots of confidential information gleamed from classified sources? (that won’t be looked into by Holder)
Something has to feed the meme.
Have you seen this yet? Its wonderful:
The Battling Boys of Benghazi
(Author unknown)
We’re the Battling Boys of Benghazi,
no fame, no glory, no paparazzi,
Just a fiery death in a blazing hell,
defending the country we loved so well.
It wasn’t our job, but we answered the call,
fought to the consulate, and scaled the wall.
We pulled twenty countrymen from the jaws of fate,
led them to safety, and stood at the gate.
Just the two of us, and foes by the score,
but we stood fast, to bar the door,
Three calls for reinforcement, but all were denied,
so we fought and we fought, and we fought till we died.
We gave our all for our Uncle Sam,
but Barack Obama didn’t give a damn.
Just two dead SEAL’s, who carried the load,
no thanks to us — we were just “bumps in the road.”
Likewise, a Republican fundraiser caller to Rush this morning said the IRS story was drying up funds. Rush saying the IRS story was deliberately leaked by Sarah Ingram (the former person in charge of approving tax-exempt organizations and the new IRS head of Obamacare) as a way to intimidate future donors because the donor then would likely face an audit.
You’re welcome.
Gee, you would think if journalistas were being targeted that they would dig deep, uncover some facts and expose the Obastard.
They either have too much tied up in the socialist takeover or they are receiving death threats.
Power of the pen, indeed.
Americans need to realize that the evil, spoiled, narcissistic and sociopathic liar in the White House is out to completely destroy America. And YES he absolutely would sponsor leaks on such a horrifically large scale as Wikileaks, using one of his low ranking gay friends to do it (Pvt. Manning).
...the Obama justice department has prosecuted more government leakers under the 1917 Espionage Act than all prior administrations combined - in fact, double the number of all such prior prosecutions.Jumbo Shrimp / Obama Justice Dep't ping.
Interesting, thanks! By coincidence I’m currently reading Rosen’s biography of Watergate figure John Mitchell.
Evidently, Holder’s vile and evil DOJ thugs like U.S. Attorney for Arizona Dennis Burke, leaked info to smear another opponent:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3021683/posts
Breaking - Report: DOJ Leaked Docs to Smear Fast & Furious Whistleblower, Says IG
breitbart.com/Big-Government ^ | 5-20-2013 | Matthew Boyle
Posted on Monday, May 20, 2013 10:18:23 AM by servo1969
The Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General published a new report Monday that confirms former U.S. Attorney for Arizona Dennis Burke leaked a document intended to smear Operation Fast and Furious scandal whistleblower John Dodson.
The DOJ IG said it found “Burke’s conduct in disclosing the Dodson memorandum to be inappropriate for a Department employee and wholly unbefitting a U.S. Attorney.”
“We are referring to OPR our finding that Burke violated Department policy in disclosing the Dodson memorandum to a member of the media for a determination of whether Burke’s conduct violated the Rules of Professional Conduct for the state bars in which Burke is a member,” the IG wrote.
Burke resigned from his post as U.S. Attorney over the incident in August 2011, the first major Department of Justice official to leave his or her post in the Fast and Furious scandal. He said after the fact, in interviews with congressional investigators, that he now views leaking the document as a “mistake.”
In addition to Burke’s involvement in leaking the document, emails the IG uncovered show senior officials at the Department of Justice discussed smearing Dodson.
Clearly, they surf the net to see what buzzwords conservatives are using to describe Ohaha---they then cunningly formulate their strategy based on our buzzwords.
Thus Rosen is tagged as treasonous for merely doing his job---while Ohaha sits untouched atop a pile of treasonus scandals.
” Clearly, they surf the net to see what buzzwords conservatives are using to describe Ohaha-—they then cunningly formulate their strategy based on our buzzwords. “
Criminal politics is their life’s work, and yes they are masters at it. If one practices criminal behavior 24/7 for many years, one is bound to get quite good at it.
They not only read our comments for ‘buzzwords’ they read them to make the fake letters they send out (pretending to be us) sound more realistic. Liberals are thugs in the old style...
Indeed.
Saw something on this on the afternoon news.
Enslaving Americans would be costly. If tyrants don’t get tax money, how would they afford to enslave anyone?
Not to mention the psychology. (Who’d mess with a significant number of people bold enough to quit paying?)
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