FBI targets FOX news chief

If he was fooling around like the one in the UK was, I can see no reason NOT to target the guy. Journalists are required to follow the law, after all.

If it was sheer harassment, that's bad.

If there was a justifiable reason, and a warrant, well, then, why are we making a big deal out of this, oh, wait, a new election is coming up and there needs to be more fearmongering, doesn't there?
 
Tony said:
Yeah yeah. Whatever ways you need to split those hairs to keep that cognitive dissonance in check. Those of us in the reality based community see this right-wing poutrage for what it is. I actually am against this. I do not think the government should be acting this way and I think that when government claiming something a "secret" should be highly scrutinized and treated with extreme skepticism.

Like I said, how dare a black democrat prevent leaks, that is a job for white people. You guys haven't shown that to be in error.
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It's amazing. The Bush DOJ subpoenaed several reporters communications, even Judith Miller's when she colluded with Cheney to leak Valerie Plame's cover. But to see these guys say that THOSE subpoenas were fine while IT'S DIFFERENT THIS TIME is just stunning. And we won't even get started on WikiLeaks in which the right wing was openly calling for Julian Assange's assassination.
 
I thought the GOP was desperate with the last three "scandals".. now they add this and they seem more desperate Cheney's heart.
 
Grizzly Bear said:
Well... if you're fine with legitimizing this sort of action on someone related to a news organization you aren't politically aligned with, just don't complain if it ever happens to someone in CNN, MSNBC, or elsewhere that's more "friendly" or "unbiased" according to your political spectrum, because that sets a precedent on how other news organizations are handled. I don't particularly find any of this matter funny, if the government wants to stop leaks it should start with those who leak the information to begin with, but advocating to go after media reporters opens a can worms that far outweighs being able to boast how people I don't agree with just got "owned". The moment I begin approving of this being done to those on the other side of the political aisle is the moment I give them them legitimacy when they decide my ideology is to "extreme" to let free by their standards..

Sorry... the whole Chavez style of governing thing just doesn't work for me.
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He was probably asking about the status of the DHS-FEMA Re-Education Camps and what they intend to use in the showers in lieu of Zyklon B.
 
I'm sure the conservative poutrage would be just as loud if this reporter had been from a liberal, "far-left mainstream media" source.

:rolleyes:
 
Elypsis44 said:
I'm sure the conservative poutrage would be just as loud if this reporter had been from a liberal, "far-left mainstream media" source.

:rolleyes:
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True. I am just dying for any evidence that his employment at FOX was anything other than coincidental.
 
DavidJames said:
Republicans have no ideas to help the country. Republicans only hope is to keep the focus on the "scandals" of the Democrats.

The good Republican skeptics on this forum march in lock step with that philosophy.
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Wow, do you buy your broad brushes in bulk to save money? Holy **** man.
 
http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_new...s-reporters-private-emails-official-says?lite



"Attorney General Eric Holder signed off on a controversial search warrant that identified Fox News reporter James Rosen as a “possible co-conspirator” in violations of the Espionage Act and authorized seizure of his private emails, a law enforcement official told NBC News on Thursday.


The disclosure of the attorney general’s role came as President Barack Obama, in a major speech on his counterterrorism policy, said Holder had agreed to review Justice Department guidelines governing investigations that involve journalists.


"I am troubled by the possibility that leak investigations may chill the investigative journalism that holds government accountable," Obama said. "Journalists should not be at legal risk for doing their jobs."


Unless they work at Fox, then all bets are off.


Waiting for the - Fox reporters aren't journalists in 1,2, 3....
 
applecorped said:
http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_new...s-reporters-private-emails-official-says?lite



"Attorney General Eric Holder signed off on a controversial search warrant that identified Fox News reporter James Rosen as a “possible co-conspirator” in violations of the Espionage Act and authorized seizure of his private emails, a law enforcement official told NBC News on Thursday.


The disclosure of the attorney general’s role came as President Barack Obama, in a major speech on his counterterrorism policy, said Holder had agreed to review Justice Department guidelines governing investigations that involve journalists.


"I am troubled by the possibility that leak investigations may chill the investigative journalism that holds government accountable," Obama said. "Journalists should not be at legal risk for doing their jobs."


Unless they work at Fox, then all bets are off.


Waiting for the - Fox reporters aren't journalists in 1,2, 3....
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Reporters may not assist in the espionage.

If somebody drops a packet of material on them, they may use it, but they may not incite, entice, or assist in its illegal acquisition.
 
BenBurch said:
Reporters may not assist in the espionage.

If somebody drops a packet of material on them, they may use it, but they may not incite, entice, or assist in its illegal acquisition.
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What actions of Rosen do you cite as doing any of those things? If the questions were written at least some people know what they were, but of course can't tell anyone as that would be classified.

If the questions were oral who can possibly know what they were unless the conversations were recorded. Kim can furnish his recollection but that would not likely be admissable evidence. Even Rosen may be hazy on what the actual questions were.
 
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