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Already, some whistle-blowers have lost their nerve
Two weeks after the press partied hearty with President Barack Obama at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, the administration admitted that federal authorities had secretly combed through phone records for dozens of Associated Press...Tags: White House, Journalism, Justice System, Correspondents (music group), Central Intelligence Agency
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Plugging leaks the right way
When it comes to prosecutors' investigations of leaks, you can count on journalists to dispense with impartiality and scream bloody murder. Upon learning that the Justice Department had seized the phone records of its reporters, The Associated Press...
Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Supreme Court, Justice System, Tea Party Movement, Freedom of the Press
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Atty. Gen. Holder defends seizure of AP's telephone records
WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. strongly defended the far-reaching probe in the disclosure of security information by the Associated Press and said American lives were jeopardized when the wire service revealed details of a foiled plot to...
Tags: Justice System, Lawyers, FBI, U.S. Department of Justice, Crime, Law and Justice
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COLUMN - Watergate: Are we there yet?
Reuters(Suzanne Garment is a Reuters columnist but her opinions are her own.) By Suzanne Garment May 15 (Reuters) - O.K., you know the one about the old guys sitting in the diner: ""When I was a boy, I had to walk five miles to school in the snow." "Snow?...Tags: White House, Susan Rice, Justice System, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein
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Senate Dem seeks to revive media shield days after news of gov't obtaining AP records
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A top Senate Democrat plans to revive legislation that would protect journalists and their employers from revealing their sources, days after it was revealed that the Justice Department secretly obtained Associated Press phone...Tags: Chuck Schumer, Politics, Freedom of the Press, U.S. Congress, Washington, DC
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Dems, GOP raise concerns over subpoenas to AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of a House panel told Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday that they had serious concerns about the Justice Department's gathering of phone records at The Associated Press. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman...Tags: White House, Chuck Schumer, National Security, Government, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
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Holder sidesteps lawmakers' questions on AP records seizure
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - Lawmakers pounded U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday with questions about the Justice Department's secret seizure of Associated Press telephone records, and grew frustrated when he said he had limited answers....Tags: White House, Media Industry, Chuck Schumer, Justice System, Freedom of the Press
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Nigeria rumbles to war footing as soldiers head to northeast for Islamic extremist fight
Associated PressLAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria rumbled to a war footing Wednesday as soldiers and equipment moved into its northeastern states as part of an emergency military campaign against Islamic extremists waging a bloody insurgency. In the last two days,...Tags: Nigeria, U.S. Department of State, Armed Forces, Butterfly Ballots, Goodluck Jonathan
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Legisladores EEUU piden respuestas a fiscal general sobre incautación telefónica a AP
ReutersWASHINGTON, 15 mayo (Reuters) - Legisladores estadounidenses hicieron el miércoles varias rondas de preguntas al fiscal general Eric Holder sobre la incautación secreta del Departamento de Justicia de registros telefónicos de la agencia Associated...Tags: Barack Obama, Jay Carney, Central Intelligence Agency, FBI, Washington, DC
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WRAPUP 1-Lawmakers accuse Obama administration of abusing free speech rights
Reuters(Adds comments from Lofgren, Holder) By David Ingram and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers accused the Obama administration on Wednesday of trampling on free speech rights and evading questions about the Justice Department's...Tags: White House, Media Industry, Chuck Schumer, Journalism, National Security
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Our Take: Obama's bumble
Obama's bumble Barack Obama this week declared — well, through a spokesman — the president's belief in a free and unfettered press. His administration has a strange way of showing it. Obama's Department of Justice subpoenaed Associated...Tags: Justice System, Politics, News Agency, Freedom of the Press, Tribune Company
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Asleep at the wheel
WASHINGTON — President Passerby needs urgently to become a participant in his presidency. Late Monday came the breathtaking news of a full-frontal assault on the First Amendment by his administration: word that the Justice Department had gone on a...Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), White House, Justice System, Freedom of the Press, Carney (music group)
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