James Rosen, a Fox News correspondent, was accused in a Justice Department affidavit of being a possible criminal "co-conspirator" for his alleged role in publishing sensitive security information in a case that takes the highly unusual step of claiming a journalist broke the law. The Justice Department obtained information about his conversations and visits to the State Department, including a search warrant for his personal emails. This follows efforts by the department to secretly obtain two months of phone records from Associated Press journalists as part of a separate leak probe. Michael Clemente, Fox News' executive vice president of news, defended Rosen in a statement issued Sunday afternoon: "We are outraged to learn today that James Rosen was named a criminal co-conspirator for simply doing his job as a reporter. In fact, it is downright chilling. We will unequivocally defend his right to operate as a member of what up until now has always been a free press."
COMMENTS:
Obama has made no secret of the fact that he intends to have
total control of the press and media.
Members of the White House Press Corps have been threatened and
intimidated about the stories they write: “Play ball or lose your press privileges,”
has been the White House mantra. Fox has
been a thorn in Obama’s side and several top White House lackeys have openly
targeted Fox in the past, even going so far as to demand that the F.C.C. take
Fox off the air. While Fox should not be
surprised at this story, we Americans have a Constitutional right to unfettered
reporting about what is going on in our government, contrary to Obama's belief that he who controls the press controls the nation.
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. Why do you think the I.R.S. admitted to the targeting of
conservative groups? (Russell ~
Sunnyvale, CA)
A. It’s an old trick, like when the auditors are coming to
audit your business. You look for
some inconsequential thing you did wrong and make sure they “discover” it. They write you up for it and go home,
satisfied they have done their job; what they don’t know is that there was a
much bigger problem they could have discovered and really written you up
badly. Nixon used the same trick with
the I.R.S. to let something out of the bag and then admit to it so the
investigators would stop before they hit the real pay-dirt.
Q. Did I hear correctly that the I.R.S. is monitoring
millions of emails and Internet transactions?
(Glenna ~ Redding, CA)
A. Yes. They claim
authority to do so without warrants and that their objective is to catch tax
cheats. Is big brother watching you?
Q. You’ve mentioned the “Fast & Furious” scandal a bit
in recent posts. What happened to the chief
whistle blower, John Dodson? (Myrna ~
Gardnerville, NV)
A. Dennis Burke, the former chief of staff for Homeland
Security Secretary Janet Napolitano who was appointed as U.S. Attorney for Arizona
by President Obama in September 2009, lied when asked if he leaked sensitive
documents to the press meant to undermine the credibility of A.T.F. whistle-blower
John Dodson. Burke reportedly leaked information
to the press designed to discredit Dodson.
When Congress asked him about it, Burke lied and disclaimed the charge. Dodson is now in South Carolina with severe
restrictions on what he can and cannot do.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“I've never seen a tornado and I've lived in Oklahoma City
basically my whole life. It's not like we're infested with them on a continual
basis. But you learn to live with the warnings. And you learn what to do if one
is coming your way. And then you cross your fingers and make the best judgments
you can.” ~ Mick Cornett
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