nat'l security is a must and leaks must be found.
On May 15, 10:04 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > Steve posted: "well it seems our justice dept. run by none > other THAN that rock star eric holder had decided to hijack about 20 phone > lines belonging to ap. in April and may of 2012. kind of funny now > that ap has been the target the media is up in arms. For years w" Respond > to this post by replying above this line > New post on *Fellowship of the Minds* > <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/stungunsandmace/> Benghazi, > I.R.S. And Now For Your Viewing Pleasure, Scandal # 3. The > A.P.<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/benghazi-i-r-s-and-...> > by > Steve <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/stungunsandmace/> > well it seems our justice dept. run by none other THAN that rock star eric > holder had decided to hijack about 20 phone lines belonging to ap. in April > and may of 2012. kind of funny now that ap has been the target the > media is up in arms. For years while justice and the admin have abused the > american public it seemed they could care less, Well anyway if this is what > it takes to shine the light on the vermin so be it. Benghazi, i.r.s., a.p. > seems like 3 strikes YOU'RE out in the ole ball game. > > [image: > holder]<http://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/holder.jpg> > > *Politicians versus press: Attorney General Eric > Holder<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Holder>held a press > conference on Tuesday to address the story that the Justice > Department<http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.89325,-77.0249722222&spn=0.01,0.01&;...>secretly > obtained two months worth of journalists phone records > * > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------- > Eric Holder points finger at his DEPUTY who secretly obtained journalist's > phone records as Obama is forced to say he has 'confidence' in the Attorney > General > > - *Justice Department obtained records listing incoming and outgoing > calls and duration of calls for more than 20 telephone lines used by > journalists* > - *Lines included the main number used by reporters in the House of Reps > press gallery and general AP numbers in Washington and New York* > - *Stems from AP article talking reporting a thwarted terror attack* > - *Attorney General Eric Holder said he had recused himself from the > investigation into the leak to avoid the appearance of a conflict of > interest* > - *Said that his deputy made the decision to obtain the records* > > By ASSOCIATED > PRESS<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Associated...> > and DAILY MAIL > REPORTER<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Daily+Mail...> > > *PUBLISHED:* 13:40 EST, 14 May 2013 | *UPDATED:* 17:55 EST, 14 May 2013 > > Attorney General Eric Holder went on the defensive on Tuesday explaining > why the Justice Department secretly obtained two months worth of reporters' > telephone records in an *'unprecedented'* search for a confidential source. > > 'This was a very serious leak and a very, very serious leak,' Holder said > at a press conference explaining the department's actions which have been > criticized for going against the constitutional right to a free press. > > Holder said that he recused himself from the making the controversial > decision to subpoena the phone records of Associated > Press<http://www.ap.org>journalists, saying that it was made by Deputy > Attorney > General<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Attorney_General>James > Cole. > > He said that he was 'confident that the people involved in this … followed > all applicable Department of Justice regulations' even though he claimed > not to actually know the details of the decision-making process as a result > of his recusal. > > *President Obama <http://www.barackobama.com> was forced to follow Holder's > press conference with the release of a statement saying that the incident > does not shake his faith in his close friend and the country's top legal > adviser. (Whoopsie)* > > 'The president has confidence in the attorney general,' press secretary Jay > Carney said. > > *The controversy came when the Associated Press reported that two months > worth of reporters' telephone records without their knowledge, obtaining a > wide breadth of records that had nothing to do with the leak of information > that they were concerned about. * > > The Justice Department has spoken in the past about how they were upset > over the leak of information about a foiled al Qaeda plot where the > terrorist group planned to detonate a bomb on a plane bound for the United > States<http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&spn=10.0,...> > . > > 'I've been a prosecutor since 1976 and I have to say that this is among, if > not the most serious, it is within the top two or three most serious leaks > I've ever seen,' Holder said. > > It put the American people at risk. That's not hyperbole. It put the > American people at risk.' > > That isn't enough to satisfy critics, as top Republicans are already > calling for Holder's resignation over the incident. > > '*Because Attorney General Holder has so egregiously violated the public > trust, the president should ask for his immediate resignation,' Republican > National Committee chairman Reince Priebus said. * > > 'If President Obama does not, the message will be unmistakable: *The > President of the United States believes his administration is above the > Constitution and does not respect the role of a free press.'* > > *The records listed journalists' incoming and outgoing calls, as well as > 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, Connecticut, 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 records for more than 20 separate telephone > lines assigned to AP and its journalists in April and May of 2012.* > > News of the probe into one of the largest news organizations in the world > immediately sparked outrage among Republicans on Capitol Hill. > > *'The First Amendment is first for a reason,' Michael Steel, spokesman > for House > Speaker John Boehner <http://www.speaker.gov/>, told > MailOnline<http://www.dailymail.co.uk> > . * > > 'If the Obama Administration is going after reporters’ phone records, they > better have a damned good explanation.' > > A spokesman for Republican House Majority Leader Eric > Cantor<http://cantor.house.gov/>said the move is representative of a > broader 'pattern of intimidation.' > > *'Whether it is secretly targeting patriotic Americans participating in the > electoral progress or reporters exercising their First Amendment rights, > these new revelations suggest a pattern of intimidation by the Obama > Administration,' Doug Heye said.* > > *The American Civil Liberties Union <http://www.aclu.org/> was equally > critical. * > > *( You Know you screwed up if even the ACLU is on your butt.) :D* > > 'Obtaining a broad range of telephone records in order to ferret out a > government leaker is an unacceptable abuse of power,' said Ben Wizner, > director of the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project. *'Freedom of > the press is a pillar of our democracy, and that freedom often depends on > confidential communications between reporters and their sources.'* > > AP President and Chief Executive Officer Gary Pruitt said the government > 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,' Pruitt wrote in a letter of protest to Holder. * > > '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 news gathering operations, and > disclose information about AP's activities and operations that the > government has no conceivable right to know.' > > 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. > > 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 > <http://news.yahoo.com/us-cia-thwarts-al-qaida-underwear-bomb-plot-200...>about > a foiled terror plot. > > The story disclosed details of a CIA operation in Yemen that stopped an al > Qaeda plot in the spring of 2012 to detonate a bomb on an airplane bound > for the United States. > > *In testimony in February, CIA Director John Brennan noted that the FBI had > questioned him about whether he was AP's source, which he denied. * > > *He called the release of the information to the media about the terror > plot an 'unauthorized and dangerous disclosure of classified information.'* > > Prosecutors have sought phone records from reporters before, but the > seizure of records from such a wide array of AP offices, including general > AP switchboards numbers and an office-wide shared fax line,* is unusual and > largely unprecedented.* > > In the letter notifying the AP received Friday, the Justice Department > offered no explanation for the seizure, according to Pruitt's letter and > attorneys for the AP. > > The records were presumably obtained from phone companies earlier this year > although the government letter did not explain that. 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