"And yet on the other hand there was an outcry about these leaks in the first place."
By the left. Similarly, the left would have been "shocked" and "outraged" had Bush done this Party politics. "It is for these reasons that sites like Wikileaks were so important to the process of democracy and to support the public's right to know." Who has vigorously tried to prosecute Assange? Anyway, there is a difference, even if you can't see it, between spying on the media and searching for a whistleblower. For your reading pleasure: AP CEO calls government seizure of phone records unconstitutional, says chill already felt The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the governments secret seizure of two months of reporters phone records unconstitutional and said the news cooperative had not ruled out legal action against the Justice Department. Gary Pruitt, in his first television interviews since it was revealed the Justice Department subpoenaed phone records of AP reporters and editors, said the move already has had a chilling effect on journalism. Pruitt said the seizure has made sources less willing to talk to AP journalists and, in the long term, could limit Americans information from all news outlets. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ap-ceo-calls-government-seizure-of-phone-records-unconstitutional-says-chill-already-felt/2013/05/19/60ae7c4c-c0a1-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_print.html J - I will also hold myself as president to a new standard of openness .... Let me say it as simply as I can: Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency. - Barack Ob ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:363638 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
