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Government obtains wide AP phone records in probe

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Re: Government obtains wide AP phone records in probe

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Post by bcn »

smaili wrote: post #5

How does the government "secretly" obtain information? Did they hack the AP? Was it an inside job? Better yet, if it was so secret, how did the AP even find out that the DoJ obtained their records? Something doesn't add up...

The AP was with "notified" in a letter...

From the article, "News organizations normally are notified in advance that the government wants phone records and enter into negotiations over the desired information. In this case, however, the government, in its letter to the AP, cited an exemption to those rules..."

and then,

"It is unknown whether a judge or a grand jury signed off on the subpoenas."

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Post by danso »

Maybe my memory's failing me, but I can't think of a similarly-sized press surveillance operation by the Bush Administration.

Keep in mind that under Obama, more alleged government leakers have been prosecuted than all of his predecessors combined:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-18/obama-pursuing-leak...

This includes administrations that oversaw such problematic eras as the Cold War, the Vietnam War, the McCarthy Era, and of course, the War on Terrorism.

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Post by rwmj »

stfu wrote: post #12

Actually we need more of that! Whatever it takes to help media wake up and become more critical of government intrusion tactics.

No we don't. Most of this is already reported, if you want to look for it. If you're worried that citizens of your country aren't interested in those stories, you should get out and make more people aware.

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Post by jhspaybar »

They told me if I voted for McCain that we'd end up living in a police state after 8 years...and they were right!

Credit to Instapundit if you care to see more from the most transparent administration ever http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/?s=%22They+told+me+if+I+voted...

Re: Government obtains wide AP phone records in probe

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Post by travisp »

r00fus wrote: post #6

Shouldn't this posting be from a neutral source, say Reuters, or some distinguished blog rather than the AP themselves? Otherwise, I'd recommend putting the quotes around the accusagion (ie, AP claims Govt has obtained their phone records, etc). Perhaps the government here is actually in the correct?

I don't think there's really much of a question of the basic facts, unless you think the AP has forged the letter from the Justice Department that was received Friday?

Re: Government obtains wide AP phone records in probe

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Post by revelation »

sehugg wrote: post #14

This is the May 2012 story the AP claims to have set off the investigation, the writers of which were allegedly the targets (linked from Business Insider): http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2012-05...

Ironically, that story reads like yet another NYTimes "well informed insider" report:

U.S. officials, who were briefed on the operation, insisted on anonymity to discuss the case, which the U.S. has never officially acknowledged.

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