Fired NYT Editor Blasts Obama Administration for Criminal Prosecution of Journalists, Whistleblowers

Cybercast News Service ^ | July 17, 2014 - 11:11 AM | Barbara Boland

[Olog-hai]

Former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson, whose firing brought out nasty attacks and allegations of sexism at the Times, was interviewed by Greta van Susteren On the Record last night.

While she played close to the vest about the reasons for her firing, she didn’t hold back on the Obama administration, defending her earlier branding of it as “the most secretive” she has ever deal with since President Carter, and elaborated:

“I have never dealt with an administration where more officials—some of whom are actually paid to be the spokesmen for various federal agencies—demand that everything be off the record. So, that’s secretive and not transparent. But the most serious thing the Obama administration has [done is it’s] launched eight criminal leak investigations against sources and whistleblowers … And they have tried to sweep in journalists, including—it’s almost the one-year anniversary exactly that your colleague, James Rosen, had his record secretly looked at by the government in a leak investigation.” …

[Forward the Light Brigade]

If they had the internet in 1776—there would be no America—all the Patriots would be on Web sites posting their anger—cutting each other to pieces—and there would be no revolt. We would still be part of the British Empire.