Obama Administration Is Criminalizing Investigative Reporting

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Obama Administration Is Criminalizing Investigative Reporting

Criminally investigating the kinds of leaks that are the bread and butter of national security investigative reporting is a noxious overreaction by hyper-controlling government officials who don't want us to know what's being done in our name.

Attorney General Eric Holder announced last week that he has assigned two U.S. attorneys to lead criminal leak investigations into recent media reports about topics including how drone attacks are approved at the White House and how a computer virus attack was launched against Iran's nuclear program.

There is such a thing as a criminal leak -- for instance, when an administration official intentionally outs a covert CIA operative in an attempt to discredit an administration critic.

But leaks that expose secrets that have momentous public policy implications need to be treated differently, because they are a critical part of our nation's system of checks and balances. Knowledge is essential to the public's ability to restrain executive (and legislative) power.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-froomkin/white-house-leaks-obama-administration_b_1590950.html

think so? i'm not so sure.
 
Yurt said:
Obama Administration Is Criminalizing Investigative Reporting

Criminally investigating the kinds of leaks that are the bread and butter of national security investigative reporting is a noxious overreaction by hyper-controlling government officials who don't want us to know what's being done in our name.

Attorney General Eric Holder announced last week that he has assigned two U.S. attorneys to lead criminal leak investigations into recent media reports about topics including how drone attacks are approved at the White House and how a computer virus attack was launched against Iran's nuclear program.

There is such a thing as a criminal leak -- for instance, when an administration official intentionally outs a covert CIA operative in an attempt to discredit an administration critic.

But leaks that expose secrets that have momentous public policy implications need to be treated differently, because they are a critical part of our nation's system of checks and balances. Knowledge is essential to the public's ability to restrain executive (and legislative) power.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-froomkin/white-house-leaks-obama-administration_b_1590950.html

think so? i'm not so sure.
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leaking state secrets is a crime

seems that both dems and reps think so, at least those in congress who have demanded an investigation
 
Don Quixote said:
leaking state secrets is a crime

seems that both dems and reps think so, at least those in congress who have demanded an investigation
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The problem is the dude assigned to "investigate" this is an Obama contributor and it begins to look far more like a coverup. Somebody far more independent needs to be assigned to this investigation. Whoever leaked is in far more trouble than those that wrote the stories.
 
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