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Reporter Phone Records Being Used to Find Leaks
jackbird writes "Brian Ross, Chief Investigative Correspondent for ABC news says a confidential source informed him that reporter's phone records are being used by the administration to track down leaks. Apparently reporters for the New York Times, ABC News, and the Washington Post are being scrutinized. The fact that ABC News journalists are even seriously wondering about whether the warning is connected to the NSA's domestic surveillance activities indicates just how anxious many people in Washington have become."
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The post-Modern Conservative knows there is no "moral" justification for selfishness.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
I just scanned the level five posts. Every one of them are rampantly anti-Bush. Most lack one iota of actual fact. All operate under hyperbole.
The point is this: somebody leaked classified information. It does not matter what information was leaked. The fact that it was leaked is absolutely criminal. When you think the information leaked helps your side, you don't care. Screw you all. Based on an adult life protecting this country and having a clearance, I understand the importance of protecting classified information--even if I don't agree with what that classification protects.
What you do not realize is that information kept secure is kept that way for a reason. The people who leaked decided that they were above the law. They decided that what could be short-term political gain was more important that your personal security. This is not civil disobedience any more than flying a passenger liner into a tall building a protected speach.
You guys need to get over your petty political opinions and accept that a crime that affects you has been committed. The fact that certain reporters were complicit in the prepetration of the crime gives sufficient cause to investigate them.
If Bush were really trying to silence opposition via an investigation, you can bet your sweet bippy that he will see to it that the Justice Department will dot all the Ies and cross all the Ts to ensure that those who need to go down do.
What those who want activist courts fear is rule by the people.