ASSOCIATED PRESS SPYING
While we hear a lot about the unusual and adversarial relationship that Donald Trump has with what he calls the “Fake News,” many don’t recall the fact that not unlike Trump, Obama was a very distrustful person when it came to the press and media. He was convinced that everyone was out to get him and any small slight or perceived insult by a reporter was treated as high crimes and misdemeanors.
(2012): [T]he Department of Justice illegally seized the communications of AP reporters made during April and May 2012, allowing the DOJ to unmask journalists’ confidential sources.
S.E. Cupp, noted Libertarian writer, addressed why this scandal was so very chilling to the writing community.
The tension between a free press and national security is a fragile and delicate one, predicated on trust and a reasonable expectation that both sides will behave a certain way. For nearly a century, the gentleman’s agreement between the two has relied on a good-faith dialogue between reporters and the government and an opportunity for reporters to cooperate.
The consequences of refusing are known and accepted by journalists: They know that ultimately they could go to jail for protecting a source. Since 1917, dozens of reporters have been imprisoned for failing to testify or turn over a source to the government, most notably and recently Judith Miller, who in 2005 served 85 days for refusing to testify in the Valerie Plame investigation.
Because of these high stakes, the reporter acts like a shield between the government and the source, and sources only give up information knowing that a reporter is willing to go as far as imprisonment to protect his or her identity.
What the DOJ did in this case was to circumvent that negotiation process. They didn’t even give The AP the chance to challenge their request. Instead, they spied on reporters and editors without their knowledge, attempting to get the identity of the source without their cooperation.
Read on the following page about another colossal bombshell of a scandal that involved Robert Mueller!
Investigate muellers investigation
Lock him up
That’s the truth.
Why aren’t these two in jail?
I believe Mueller was placed where he is to destroy any of Hillary’s evidence of corruption!?!?! Collusion was the excuse to get him in there??
It is so sad that you guys believe this…this is a phony website that just spews f**e articles so they can make money off clicks…agh….we have to be smarter people…do some actual research!!
F**e page. Some idiots here believing this. They even censor the work F A K E. See post above!
Check out @wmmII88’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/wmmII88/status/982943305716641792?s=09
Robert Mueller hanging out in Ukraine with Viktor Yanukovych in 2013. Robert Mueller is prosecuting Manfort for making a deal with Viktor Yanukovych in 2013. The Deep State is officially THIS desperate. https://t.co/enb1g9ss2f
Mueller was also involved in Hillary’s Uranium One deal with
Russia Russia Russia!