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Did threats silence media on Obama probe?
WND ^ | March 07, 2012 | Bob Unruh

Posted on 03/07/2012 7:44:33 PM PST by Smokeyblue

The lead investigator in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s review of the authenticity of Barack Obama’s birth certificate today unloaded a bombshell about the case: that he was told by sources members of the media were threatened with federal investigations should they continue to report on the birth certificate issue.

Lead investigator Mike Zullo told WND that as he was preparing information to be presented to the public “it was clear that the mainstream media was not going to be in attendance” at the sheriff’s scheduled new conference, where he revealed facts suggesting both fraud and forgery in the image of a Hawaiian birth certificate that the White House released as “proof positive” of Obama’s eligibility for office last year.

“During our investigation, we actually were told [that media] had been threatened with FTC investigations. Commentators [had been] threatened with their jobs,” Zullo said. The threats were so intimidating that some individuals quit their positions over safety concerns for their families, he said.

So the problem became to get the information to the American public in spite of an intentional media blackout, since citizens still must make critical leadership decisions about their government through the election process.

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: abuseofpower; arizona; arpaio; bananarepublic; birthcertificate; certifigate; naturalborncitizen; obama; zullo
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To: nolongerademocrat
Banana Republic

No better than president for life Hugo Chavez and disappeared journalists.

21 posted on 03/07/2012 8:23:58 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo (100% committed supporters to Gingrich, don't waste my/your time further. I've nothing to say to you)
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To: rockinqsranch

So what’s gonna happen from this? Nothing. We live in the most corrupt democracy. (I know it’s a republic but it acts as a democracy). It certainly does not respect the Constitution.


22 posted on 03/07/2012 8:24:24 PM PST by Digger (If RINO is your selection then failure is your election)
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To: patriot08

As an old investigative reporter, I still want names, dates, places, etc.

While one can write what Roth and Hagmann said, you need more than “he said, she said” when dealing with Obama and his marxist minions.

Breitbart understood this and tried his best to present physical proof-documentation-evidence. That he used this investigative technique is a credit to his integrity, and will be one of his longest lasting legacies to younger journalists.


23 posted on 03/07/2012 8:24:41 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: ponygirl

Or walking outside your home...


24 posted on 03/07/2012 8:26:56 PM PST by piytar (Rebellion is here! Free Republic is on the front line! NEVER SURRENDER!)
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To: BenLurkin
On the other hand, one can abuse the people and can push "too much". And hence "go over the line." Only idiots will fail to grasp both that point and that lesson from World History.


25 posted on 03/07/2012 8:27:43 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo (100% committed supporters to Gingrich, don't waste my/your time further. I've nothing to say to you)
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To: ponygirl

He’s altering/editing public records, i.e. the White House transcript, that reflect unfavorably upon him.
His office did it just recently and there’s no telling how often its been done, with the `Fourth Estate’ in his pocket.
That’s the way a tyrant or oligarchy operates. That kind of thing should never happen here either but it is happening.


26 posted on 03/07/2012 8:30:04 PM PST by tumblindice
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
As an old investigative reporter, I still want names, dates, places, etc.

Why don't you make some phone calls and get back with us?

27 posted on 03/07/2012 8:30:39 PM PST by ILS21R (Never give up.)
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To: tumblindice

Like I said, history clearly shoes the People can reach a limit. And, well, in this case, the People will clearly reach a limit.


28 posted on 03/07/2012 8:31:16 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo (100% committed supporters to Gingrich, don't waste my/your time further. I've nothing to say to you)
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To: Smokeyblue

In the article it keeps mentioning the “liberal” media. Is there another media I don’t know about?

This also explains why Ego-reilly, Hannity, Rush and every republican politician wouldn’t talk about it. This machine that took over this counry’s government is very powerful.


29 posted on 03/07/2012 8:32:01 PM PST by Terry Mross ("It happened. And we let it happen." - Peter Griffin)
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To: Graewoulf

There’s a great bumper sticker in there somewhere!!!

American Women LOVE to be dictated to.
They give Obama a 54 % job approval rating!


30 posted on 03/07/2012 8:32:04 PM PST by Mortrey (Impeach President Soros)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

not only “shoes”, but “shows”, too! vey series!


31 posted on 03/07/2012 8:33:05 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo (100% committed supporters to Gingrich, don't waste my/your time further. I've nothing to say to you)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

There are millions and millions of people who want obama to be president for life. I knew people talking about working to get him re-elected BEFORE he was sworn in.


32 posted on 03/07/2012 8:39:14 PM PST by Terry Mross ("It happened. And we let it happen." - Peter Griffin)
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To: tumblindice
That’s the way a tyrant or oligarchy operates. That kind of thing should never happen here either but it is happening.

Well duh! As Netenyahu says, If it walks like a duck,etc it is a duck. We are so screwed.

33 posted on 03/07/2012 8:40:01 PM PST by Digger (If RINO is your selection then failure is your election)
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To: Smokeyblue; mnehring; COUNTrecount; Nowhere Man; FightThePower!; C. Edmund Wright; A. Morgan; ...
Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you need to merely threaten to report me to the Admin if I don’t add you to the list...

34 posted on 03/07/2012 8:41:00 PM PST by null and void (Day 1142 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
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To: null and void

lol, ok, I see I won’t have to report you :)


35 posted on 03/07/2012 8:45:15 PM PST by AllAmericanGirl44 (Fluck this adminstration of misfits.)
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To: 1066AD
In all seriousness, just how credible is WND these days ? I know their history and I read Poe’s book a long time ago and they’ve been right in the past but how about now ? Their site seems to go for the sensational but also often has some pretty wacky stuff too.

I would not put my life on the line for the veracity of WND even though they are often correct. I would for Sheriff Arapio. I trust Joe Arapio, I do not trust the media nor the President.

36 posted on 03/07/2012 8:45:31 PM PST by cpdiii (Deckhand, Roughneck, Mud Man, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist. THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
Did you see this? I read it the other day, but then didn't see it anywhere else, so I dismissed it. This guy said he interviewed the witness on camera. I didn't catch that part. Then he sold the tape to TMZ. If you go to the TMZ web site, it's not there.

Read his comments further down the page: http://www.crimefilenews.com/2012/03/eyewitness-speaks-out-about-andrew.html

37 posted on 03/07/2012 8:46:02 PM PST by ponygirl (Be Breitbart.)
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To: ponygirl
"That kind of thing would never happen here."

That's what you think.

That's what the German people thought before '33.

The Russian people knew better. Before Stalin, they had the example of Lenin and the Bolsheviks to remind them

38 posted on 03/07/2012 8:47:37 PM PST by YHAOS (you betcha!)
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To: rockinqsranch
It would take extreme measures to keep that many people in line to present, and promote the lies they subject us to daily. No defectors means they are afraid for their lives IMO.

There is something even more dangerous to this crowd than death itself.

Ridicule, defamation, carreer destruction, and having to get a 'real' job.

The media lackeys of the Administration who are highly placed in their carreers make very good money, enjoy prestige and access to the seats of power.

Losing that, being driven out by their masters is even more of a threat than just being shot. No 'wetwork' required, because the rest will play along if some individual won't, and will do the dirty work of destroying the carreer of anyone who gets out of line for the administration because failure to do so would expose them as complicit.

There are good odds that the DOJ has some goods on most of the major media players as well, and things only whispered about would be front page above the fold ASAP to villify them in the minds of the sheeple and destroy any credibility.

The media are all about impressions and perceptions, and the masses can be whipped into a frenzy against someone overnight--even, if not especially, one of their own.

39 posted on 03/07/2012 8:51:12 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: nolongerademocrat

Abuse of power that’s a million times worse than anything Nixon did, too.

Where are Woodward and Bernstein these days?


40 posted on 03/07/2012 8:52:29 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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