How Hope and Change Gave Way to Spying on the Press – The Daily Beast

05/23/2013 By Leave a Comment

Freedom of the PressArticle authored by Kirsten Powers and appeared on The Daily Beast.  Article is courtesy of thedailybeast.com

Much of the Fourth Estate shrugged when the Obama administration attacked Fox News, writes Kirsten Powers. But now it’s coming for them, too.

First they came for Fox News, and they did not speak out—because they were not Fox News. Then they came for government whistleblowers, and they did not speak out—because they were not government whistleblowers. Then they came for the maker of a YouTube video, and—okay, we know how this story ends. But how did we get here? [Read more...]

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White House Didn’t Want Story that AP Was Monitored Overly Publicized…Until Obama Could Brag About It

05/17/2013 By

Associated PressArticle authored by Kate Pavlich and appeared on Town Hall.  Article is courtesy of townhall.com

As I’ve written before, President Obama and his Justice Department have no problems with national security leaks so long as they make Obama look good. i.e. the Osama bin Laden raid. For the past week, outrage has been expressed from Democrats and Republicans over the DOJ secretly monitoring the personal and work phones of Associated Press reporters. The monitoring was prompted by a national security leak. [Read more...]

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Eric Holder’s Abdication: The “I Don’t Know” Attorney General – The Washington Post

05/16/2013 By Leave a Comment

Eric Holder doesn't knowArticle authored by Dana Milbank and appeared in The Washington Post.  Article is courtesy of washingtonpost.com

As the nation’s top law enforcement official, Eric Holder is privy to all kinds of sensitive information. But he seems to be proud of how little he knows.

Why didn’t his Justice Department inform the Associated Press, as the law requires, before pawing through reporters’ phone records? [Read more...]

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Hearing Explodes As Eric Holder and Sheila Jackson-Lee Battle go After Darrel Issa [video]

05/16/2013 By Leave a Comment

IssaArticle authored by Noah Rothman and appeared on Mediaite.  Article is courtesy of mediaite.com

On Wednesday, a hearing on Capitol Hill exploded as Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) accused Attorney General Eric Holder’s Department of Justice of dropping a case against the city of St. Paul, MN, in 2011, in exchange for the city dropping a civil rights case that was heading to the Supreme Court. A.G. Holder and Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX) blew up over the charge, and went after Issa for both his methods and his manner of questioning. Holder attacked Issa after he was accused of intentionally withholding information, saying Issa’s conduct was “unacceptable” and “shameful.” [Read more...]

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Unbelievable: Dem. Congressman Mel Watt Brings Crying Grandson to Eric Holder Hearing [video]

05/16/2013 By Leave a Comment

Article synopsis below is courtesy of CNN.

Mel WattWashington (CNN) – Democratic Congressmen Mel Watt brought his one-year-old grandson to Attorney General Eric Holder’s hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.

Watt was questioning Holder when the child became restless, and the open microphone carried the sound of a small voice throughout the hearing room, over the airwaves, and across the internet during coverage of the hearing. [Read more...]

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AG Eric Holder Blames Deputy for AP Phone Tap. Obama Stands by His “Close Friend”

05/15/2013 By

Eric Holder AP ScandalArticle is courtesy of The Daily Mail

Eric Holder points finger at his Deputy who secretly obtained journalist’s phone records as Obama is forced to say he has ‘confidence’ in the Attorney General.

  • Justice Department obtained records listing incoming and outgoing calls and duration of calls for more than 20 telephone lines used by journalist.
  • Lines included the main number used by reporters in the House of Reps press gallery and general AP numbers in Washington and New York [Read more...]
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Inside the AP: Fear, Determination – POLITICO

05/14/2013 By

The Associated PressArticle authored by Dylan Byers and Katie Glueck and appeared on Politico.  Article is courtesy of politico.com

Reporters across The Associated Press are outraged over the Justice Department’s sweeping seizure of staff phone records – and they say such an intrusion could chill their relationships with confidential sources.

In conversations with POLITICO on Tuesday, several AP staffers in Washington, D.C., described feelings of anger and frustration with the DOJ and with the Obama administration in general. [Read more...]

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Obama says: ‘Don’t Fear Government Tyranny”

05/14/2013 By 1 Comment

Jefferson Quote Obama QuoteIn a speech to Graduates at Ohio University on May 5th, President Obama told the audience not to fear government tyranny, saying:

“Unfortunately, you’ve grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that’s at the root of all our problems. They’ll warn that tyranny is always lurking just around the corner. You should reject these voices.” [Read more...]

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AG Eric Holder Calls Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants a ‘Civil Right’ [video]

04/26/2013 By Leave a Comment

Eric Holder AmnestyArticle is courtesy of Fox News.

During a April 24th speech to the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Attorney General Eric Holder said that creating a “pathway to earned citizenship” was a “civil right.” [Read more...]

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