'Liberal Activist' Admits to Bugging Mitch McConnell's Office

Weekly Standard ^ | 05/31/13 | Daniel Halper

[MissesBush]

Writing for Salon, Curtis Morrison, a self-titled "liberal activist," admits to bugging Mitch McConnell's office. He claims to have been inspired by Julian Assange and claims, "If given another chance to record him, I’d do it again."

"Earlier this year, I secretly made an audio recording of Sen. Mitch McConnell, the most powerful Republican on the planet, at his campaign headquarters in Kentucky. The released portion of the recording clocks in at less than 12 minutes, but those few minutes changed my life," writes Morrison.

I leaked the recording to Mother Jones, which published it with a transcript and analysis in April, and over the days that followed, blogs and cable news shows lit up with the revelations from that one meeting. At the time, McConnell was prepping for a race against the actress Ashley Judd — it was “the Whac-a-Mole stage of the campaign,” McConnell said smugly — and the recording captures his team in some Grade-A jackassery, including plans to use Judd’s history of depression against her.

But also up for debate was the the ethics of the audio recording itself. Here’s the latest: An assistant U.S. attorney, Brian Calhoun, telephoned my attorney yesterday, asking to meet with him next Friday as charges against me are being presented to a grand jury.

In a technology age marked by vigilante heroes like Julian Assange and Anonymous, the line between journalism and espionage has grown thin. McConnell was quick to frame himself as the victim of a crime, which was to be expected. It was the guilty repositioning of a politician who has been caught being craven.

Here's how describes himself: "I’m a liberal activist in Kentucky. I’m also a citizen journalist — at least I used to be — because I don’t subscribe to the lie that activism and journalism can be separated. Howard Zinn wrote,“You can’t be neutral on a moving train.” That’s how I see it: Journalism is a moving train, and we all choose which perspectives to bring along on the ride. Needless to say, journalists tend not to like me."

And here's where he claims Julian Assange as inspiration: "It was a frustrating moment, but in truth, I’ve never doubted that making the recording was ethical. I believe in the philosophy of Julian Assange: When we open up governments, we bring in freedom. Helping the voting population better understand a political leader’s true priorities is a good thing. And hell yes, it’s ethical."

[Carriage Hill]

“...vigilante heroes like Julian Assange and Anonymous...”

Really?

[lonevoice]

Hopefully, the judge will see through this charade and sentence him to time in a federal prison. After that, we'll see if this "journalist" still thinks it was worth upholding his "ideals".

From your keyboard to the judge's ears. It makes me happy to think of this little turd sitting in prison while he thinks about whether it was worth it to expose the shocking horror that Mitch McConnel thinks Ashley Judd is dumb. LOL!

[Timber Rattler]

This little creep might want to think twice about comparing himself to the even bigger creep Assange...

Review: Daniel Domscheit-Berg’s “Inside WikiLeaks”

[SueRae]

What is the difference between this and the Watergate plumbers? Besides the assumption that their side will get away with it... *spit*

[MissesBush]

The Democrites and their media lapdogs only care about wrongdoing when it’s a Republican they can accuse. Notice the IRS stuff is already out of the news, to say nothing about Benghazi and the targeting of journalists.

Another thought-—interesting these same DemoCrites lose it if a terrorist is wiretapped under FISA laws, but bug a Republican Senator’s office and it’s all okay since Republicans are the real enemy after all. Tells you how liberals “think” doesn’t it? Republicans are the real enemy in their books.

[Hoodat]

So why isn’t he being prosecuted?

[Georgia Girl 2]

“Where he’ll learn the difference between bugging and buggery.”

And boy is there a difference. :-)

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[MissesBush]

So why isn’t he being prosecuted?

Because it would require a federal prosecution being a federal crime. And who heads the Justice Department? Eric Holder, that beacon of truth, justice and the rule of law equally meted out to all without thought of bias or partisan preferences.