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DOJ Falsely Claimed That Reporter James Rosen Was Involved In Bombings In Trying To Hide Fact
Tech Dirt ^ | 6/14/13 | Mike Masnick

Posted on 06/14/2013 5:05:02 PM PDT by Nachum

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To: SE Mom

Yes, and if he conspires with someone else to commit a crime, it is conspiracy under the law. Exactly as it would be if you or I did exactly the same thing.

Look, I understand it is the job of reporters to get stories. I just don’t understand why actions that would be criminal if taken by you or I are suddenly not criminal just because the perp works for a media outlet. I just don’t see that in the Constitution.

Burglary to get a story is not legal. Neither is blackmail or armed robbery. Why is conspiracy to release classified information legal?


21 posted on 06/14/2013 6:14:01 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: hoosiermama

Hope he sues the hell out of them!! Outrageous!


22 posted on 06/14/2013 6:14:56 PM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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To: Sherman Logan

Dan Ellsberg and Anthony Russo say you’re wrong. Remember, no successful prosecutions in the “Pentagon Papers” caper.

Lots of interesting problems in the Rosen case, but “espionage” isn’t one of them. It is a Holder invention because he is incompetent, corrupt, desperate, and has absolutely no morals.


23 posted on 06/14/2013 6:56:24 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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24 posted on 06/14/2013 7:39:38 PM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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To: Nachum

Probably not a mistake. They’ll do anything for power and to destroy their enemies.


25 posted on 06/14/2013 7:55:59 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Sherman Logan

Your theory is incorrect. No conspiracy and no theft occurred. From Stephen Kim’s attorney:

On August 27, 2010 the Justice Department and U.S. Attorney’s office charged Stephen Kim with illegally disclosing national defense information (classified information) to someone in the media. The government has not alleged that Stephen gave away any document, that he was paid to do anything, that he stole the information, or that he acted in secret. It does not allege that Stephen was a spy or that he acted to assist an enemy of the United States. And, it does not allege that Stephen engaged in a pattern of misconduct. Rather, the case against Stephen Kim seems to be based on a prosecutor’s theory that Stephen talked to someone in the media about a topic of current events and – in that one and only conversation – disclosed classified information.


26 posted on 06/14/2013 11:46:48 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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