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    May 22, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Is Obama Richard Nixon?

    Despite what you may hear from some of his more fevered critics, President Barack Obama's recent scandal-quakes don't appear to fall anywhere near the level of Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal. But by another Nixonian yardstick, trying to muzzle on press freedoms, Team Obama appears to have surged into the lead.
    Despite what you may hear from some of his more fevered critics, President Barack Obama's recent scandal-quakes don't appear to fall anywhere near the level of Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal. But by another Nixonian yardstick, trying to muzzle on press...

    Tags: North Korea, Freedom of the Press, Eric Holder, Pentagon Papers Release (2011), U.S. Department of State

    2. May 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. FBI spied on Fox News reporter, accused him of crime

    WASHINGTON — The FBI obtained a sealed search warrant to read a Fox News reporter's personal emails from two days in 2010 after arguing there was probable cause he had violated espionage laws by soliciting classified information from a government official, court papers show.
    WASHINGTON — The FBI obtained a sealed search warrant to read a Fox News reporter's personal emails from two days in 2010 after arguing there was probable cause he had violated espionage laws by soliciting classified information from a government...

    Tags: North Korea, Freedom of the Press, U.S. Department of State, Barack Obama, Laws

    3. May 20, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  3. It's news, not espionage

    WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has no business rummaging through journalists' phone records, perusing their emails and tracking their movements in an attempt to keep them from gathering news. This heavy-handed business isn't chilling, it's...

    Tags: National Security, North Korea, Pentagon Papers Release (2011), U.S. Department of State, Barack Obama

    4. May 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Scale of government's AP records seizure surprises many

    <span class="runtimeTopic">WASHINGTON</span> &mdash; Three years ago, the Obama administration brought criminal charges under the Espionage Act against Thomas Drake, an Air Force veteran and intelligence expert at the National Security Agency in Maryland.
    WASHINGTON — Three years ago, the Obama administration brought criminal charges under the Espionage Act against Thomas Drake, an Air Force veteran and intelligence expert at the National Security Agency in Maryland. He was not accused of aiding...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Lewis Libby, National Security Agency, World War I (1914-1918), Journalism

    5. May 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. WikiLeaks film shifts focus after Julian Assange won't share info

    When director Alex Gibney began work on his documentary "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," he thought he would be telling the story of a charismatic, silver-haired free speech advocate named Julian Assange, who had exposed dark corners of powerful governments and corporations using little more than his laptop.
    When director Alex Gibney began work on his documentary "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," he thought he would be telling the story of a charismatic, silver-haired free speech advocate named Julian Assange, who had exposed dark corners of...

    Tags: Bradley Manning, Journalism, Adrian Lamo, Sundance Film Festival, Jack Abramoff

    6. May 17, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  6. Column: Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration

    Reuters
    (Reuters) - Journalists gasp and growl whenever prosecutors issue lawful subpoenas ordering them to divulge their confidential sources or to turn over potential evidence, such as notes, video outtakes or other records. It's an attack on the First...

    Tags: Terrorism, Arabian Peninsula, White House, John O. Brennan, Yemen

    7. May 17, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  7. COLUMN- Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration

    Reuters
    (Jack Shafer is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Jack Shafer May 17 (Reuters) - Journalists gasp and growl whenever prosecutors issue lawful subpoenas ordering them to divulge their confidential sources or to turn over potential...

    Tags: Terrorism, Arabian Peninsula, White House, John O. Brennan, Yemen

    8. May 16, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  8. EDITORIAL: Administration in disarray

    Miami Herald
    It's bad enough that the Obama administration committed a wholesale violation of the First Amendment by prying into the records of phones used by almost 100 people at The Associated Press. But then Attorney General Eric Holder made matters worse by trying...

    Tags: Eric Holder, Taxation, White House, Barack Obama, The Miami Herald

    9. May 15, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  9. EDITORIAL: Overreaching federal investigation of leak to AP threatens press freedoms

    The Sacramento Bee
    Protecting national security is one thing. Fishing expeditions that could intimidate and impede important watchdog reporting are another matter entirely. The Justice Department certainly appears to have gone too far in trying to ferret out who leaked...

    Tags: Freedom of the Press, Eric Holder, White House, Prosecution, Barack Obama

    10. May 15, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  10. Secret subpoenas recall Nixon era

    The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
    The Justice Department's decision to secretly subpoena months of reporters' phone records is drawing comparisons with Nixon-era tactics and raising anew questions about the aggression with which the Obama administration has cracked down on unauthorized...

    Tags: Bradley Manning, Legal Services, World War I (1914-1918), Pittsburgh, Media Industry

    11. May 14, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  11. In uproar over U.S. seizure of AP records, focus turns to Holder

    Reuters
    By Tabassum Zakaria and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was likely to face a storm of questions on Tuesday over the Justice Department's controversial decision to seize telephone records of the Associated...

    Tags: White House, News Agency, National Security Agency, Safety of Citizens, John O. Brennan

    12. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. A WikiLeaks way out

    Prosecutors must prove that Pfc. Bradley Manning "had reason to believe" that the classified material he provided to WikiLeaks would harm the nation, a military judge ruled Wednesday &mdash; offering the Pentagon and the Obama administration an opportunity to bring an end to a prosecution that has become an exercise in overkill.
    Prosecutors must prove that Pfc. Bradley Manning "had reason to believe" that the classified material he provided to WikiLeaks would harm the nation, a military judge ruled Wednesday — offering the Pentagon and the Obama administration an...

    Tags: Justice System, Prosecution, Bradley Manning, The New York Times, Judges

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