Obama Admin Targets Reporters

[Gaspar]

Finally starting to get to the bottom of this one. . .
http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/23/18451142-holder-okd-search-warrant-for-fox-news-reporters-private-emails-official-says?lite
Turns out that Holder did indeed Ok the wiretapping of reporters.

So the president has ordered the DOJ to investigate it.  Holder is going to investigate Holder.  Awesome!
They may have to bring a mirror in for interrogation purposes.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/05/obama-orders-doj-review-of-leak-investigations/

Wish these guys could just be honest instead of the slow drip on all of these scandals.

[Townsend]

Wish these guys could just be honest instead of the slow drip on all of these scandals.

Since I've started following politics...

[Gaspar]

Hillary may have a challenge. . .

[Gaspar]

The press has decided not to pocket this one for the administration.  Good for them!
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/29/holder-runs-into-roadblocks-on-off-the-record-meetings-on-leaks/

Politico is the only "News" organization willing to take it off the record.

The Associated Press issued a statement Wednesday objecting to plans for the meetings to be off the record. "If it is not on the record, AP will not attend and instead will offer our views on how the regulations should be updated in an open letter," said Erin Madigan White, the AP's media relations manager.

The New York Times is taking the same position. "It isn't appropriate for us to attend an off-the-record meeting with the attorney general," executive editor Jill Abramson said in a statement.

Like the New York Times and the Associated Press, CNN will decline the invitation for an off-the-record meeting. A CNN spokesperson says if the meeting with the attorney general is on the record, CNN would plan to participate.

The Huffington Post's Washington bureau chief, Ryan Grim, also said he will not attend unless the meeting is on the record. "A conversation specifically about the freedom of the press should be an open one. We have a responsibility not to betray that," Grim told CNN.

But Politico posted an item on its website saying editor-in-chief John Harris plans to attend one of the meetings with Holder.

[Conan71]

Great cartoon in the Whirled this morning:

http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/AG_Eric_Holder/20130530_63_A12_BRUCEP888869

[Gaspar]

Great cartoon in the Whirled this morning:

http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/AG_Eric_Holder/20130530_63_A12_BRUCEP888869

Leave it to the Tulsa World to attempt to code their website to keep people from posting links to their own images.  I think they are the only paper I've ever seen who does such a thing. 

Anywhoo, I pulled the image from the code.

[Gaspar]

Wonder where this is going?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/cbs-confirms-reporter-sharyl-attkisons-computer-breached/2013/06/14/321b77f0-d504-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html