[Darlin']

Messers Ross and Esposito sound a little paranoid to me. Leakers and irresponsible reporters are just as much a threat to our national security as those islamo-freaks. I have no sympathy for any of them.

[mewzilla]

H.R.4922 (Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act-10/25/1994 Became Public Law)

[MEGoody]

Oh puhleeze.

[mysterio]

I'm not ok with this. What if a dem wins next? I WANT whistleblowers calling the news networks on that administration. And so will you. Have a little foresight.

[Marine_Uncle]

"A senior federal law enforcement official tells us the government is tracking the phone numbers we call in an effort to root out confidential sources."
Surely the L/MSM will turn this around to make it look like the government is targeting the free press. And lots on the Hill and elsewhere will scream to the high heavens how unjust this administration is.
But perhaps the Intel Agencies and the L/MSM now realize leaks will be investigated. The freepress has a duty. And it obviously in so many cases has overstepped it's boundaries in issues of national defense.
At the same time I can see where it is a very competitive business. And the press would not get news if Intel/military did not leak stuff.
Who leaked, say to ABC, the news regarding CIA predator operations. Should they not also be investigated. This all is a two way street.
Quite complicated in many respects.

[DCPatriot]

I am sooooo far from being a computer maven but.....

With DIGITAL technology, the suspected phone numbers logs can be transcribed with a few clicks.

I'm glad the government has the means to track down treasonous b*stards....as long as it purely used in the War on Terror and not by just any police agency.

[P-40]

"It's time for you to get some new cell phones, quick," the source told us in an in-person conversation.

I think their source is a cell-phone salesman. :)

[napscoordinator]

Wow. So they are listening to me talking to Grandma. Gosh, I wonder if they are enjoying the weather talk, the aches and pains talks, the family gossip. Wow I am so nervous...lol.

[Mad Dawg]

Federal Source to ABC News: We Know Who You're Calling

WHOM dammit!

[geezerwheezer]

Memo to ABC NEWS....Just because you are paranoid DOES NOT mean the feds aren't out to git ya'!! Write when you get your assigned cell number.

[Binghamton_native]

Gee, I guess they're really going to have to change future scripts for future police TV shows such as Law and Order where they constantly get the record of numbers dialed by a suspect from the phone company. Without a warrant.

[finnman69]

Starting w/ Dana Priest.

[ADemocratNoMore]

BTTT

[drsbb]

Hello, Everyone:

I'm chiming in here very late and haven't read the entire line of traffic, so apologies if I'm stepping on someone else's earlier observation . . .

Why should we take this post from Brian Ross at ABC News seriously? It's entirely possible that someone in the Fed is pulling his chain just for fun or to make Mr. Ross think that he is more important than he really is. Why aren't we hearing about these kind of mysterious warnings to other crack media investigative reporters at CBS, NBC, the New York Times, in other words the usual gang of suspects? Come on, now. If I was a nervous Fed with inside information, why would I try to protect only Brian Ross?