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Reporter Phone Records Being Used to Find Leaks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-so-confidential-informant dept.

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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  1. Re:Leaks Save Lives by frosty_tsm · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Tell that to the captain of the Titanic...

    More seriously, the big difference between most of these leaks and the Plame one is that it was an intentional attack by those in power to discredit a critic (or just get back at them). Not sure if that's quite what you said or not.

  2. Re:You're seeing the oversight in action by Duhavid · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Excepting that the "subordinates" are also "peers" in that they are American Citizens.

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  3. A simple truth by Zappabrox · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves."

    ~ Howard Zinn, 'Declarations of Independence'