Posted on 05/13/2013 1:49:29 PM PDT by CWW
Edited on 05/13/2013 1:56:19 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news.
The records obtained by the Justice Department listed incoming and outgoing calls, and the duration of each call, for the work and personal phone numbers of individual reporters, general AP office numbers in New York, Washington and Hartford, Conn., and the main number for AP reporters in the House of Representatives press gallery, according to attorneys for the AP.
In all, the government seized those records for more than 20 separate telephone lines assigned to AP and its journalists in April and May of 2012. The exact number of journalists who used the phone lines during that period is unknown but more than 100 journalists work in the offices whose phone records were targeted on a wide array of stories about government and other matters.
In a letter of protest sent to Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday, AP President and Chief Executive Officer Gary Pruitt said the government sought and obtained information far beyond anything that could be justified by any specific investigation. He demanded the return of the phone records and destruction of all copies.
"There can be no possible justification for such an overbroad collection of the telephone communications of The Associated Press and its reporters. These records potentially reveal communications with confidential sources across all of the newsgathering activities undertaken by the AP during a two-month period, provide a road map to AP's newsgathering operations, and disclose information about AP's activities and operations that the government has no conceivable right to know," Pruitt said.
The government would not say why it sought the records. U.S. officials have previously said in public testimony that the U.S. attorney in Washington is conducting a criminal investigation into who may have leaked information contained in a May 7, 2012, AP story about a foiled terror plot. The story disclosed details of a CIA operation in Yemen that stopped an al-Qaida plot in the spring of 2012 to detonate a bomb on an airplane bound for the United States.
Obama has America well on its way to becoming a totalitarian state. Now he denies knowledge of it all, saying he found out just last Friday. Puh-leeze! He has to resign or be impeached. It’s for the Republic!
That right there is "Schaudenfraude"
God is answering our prayers......
Vengeance is mine....
Yes!
First rule of Fight Club. Don’t talk about Fight Club.
Oops!
And the hits just keep on coming!
Don’t stop now.....there are more where this came from!
It’s Chicago style politics as usual.
GMTA!!
“the seized call records revealed that Candy Crowley called out for pizza 478 times over a three-month period...”
The nuts are loose and the wheels are finally coming off the bus.
Fantastic! I asked what was the fourth scandal after Benghazi, AP, and IRS.
Calamari replied: Boston Marathon bombing. The Russians warned them and the FBI dropped the ball.
E.Pluribus Unum replied: Fast and Furious
and Kimberly replied: SEAL Team 6.
Looks lik we have six scandals on the list and I’m sure it is growing.
ping!
Holy cow. It's possible that in their supreme arrogance Obozo and his minions have overstepped what even their media lackeys will tolerate. Things are getting very interesting.
Sounds like the windy city sindicate is about to take another blow.. excellent.
I’ve seen it. I’m not holding my breath for a Road to Damascus conversion for the State-Run Media. They’re not called that for nothing.
Just to be clear, and if I understand this correctly, this is not about wiretapping. Yet. I fully expect illegal wiretapping to come up in the not so distant future. These scumbags will do anything they can to stay in power.
Money Laundering of the Benghazi operation? The humanitarian aide for Syria diverted to funds for gun running out of Benghazi?
Fast & Furious in Mexico?
Birth Certificate fraud?
Selective Service fraud?
College loan fraud?
Passport fraud?
IRS felonies at his direction?
Pigford fraud?
Sebelius shaking down corporations?
Obamaphone fraud?
Election fraud?
Food Stamps unlawfully distributed to buy votes?
My fingers are tired! Take yer pick!
Gosnell found guilty of 3 1st deg. Maybe the 5th will be the BC!
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