I am betting we see her interviewed on CNN very soon, and this question will be asked at the next presser, thanks to Salon mentioning it.
I have to admit, it would disturb me that we are bugging reporters. Which is probably why they're floating this idea.
But do reporters even know when they are talking to terrorists? Or are reporters subject to being duped by terrorists? That is something one has to consider, too. I, too, agree this would normally bother me if true, but, reporters seem like perfect targets of terrorists wanting to get "their side" of the story out. And, I am not sure that reporters have a list of terrorists like the US govt does. It seems to me there are likely times when a reporter talking to foreigners really has no idea the actual background of those foreigners. So there is, perhaps, a worthy case to be made on both sides here, in the context of the current times.
We aren't bugging or wiretapping, we're eavesdropping (catching airwaves) of individuals in foreign lands calling known terrorists and their sympethizers in our country. If we catch "reporters" in this snare... too bad for them.
See my post #34.
Reporters seem to magically be "at the right place at the right time" to capture images of some things.
And remember early on in the war when a group of journalists were approached by terrorists and the terrorists tipped them off that a convoy of American troops would be coming through shortly and they were going to attack them? Then the group of reporters took a position to capture the attack, but didn't warn the coming American forces!
There is good reason to eavesdrop on some reporters who clearly have contact with our enemies if it is known they have contact with them.
I would disturb you that we are bugging reporters who are talking to our enemy? Why because the enemy has a right to privacy? Becuase the media should be allowed to talk to our enemies and spew their propaganda? What exactly bothers you about our spy agencies monitoring phonecalls coming to and from known terrorist phone numbers? What if Dick Cheney was calling Osama's chef, would we want to hear what was discussed? You damn right and we have every right to arrest old Dick if he's talking sushi with a terorist - because Sushi could be code for Nuclear!
Christiane would have been my first wire tap, the editorial meeting room at the NYT and other news outlets would have been my second, third, etc...The government has the right to control information flow OUT of this country.
Exactly....the lefties are seeing that their OUTRAGE over the NSA wiretapping scandal isn't causing regular Americans to do the same...
SO>..they find a way to make it seem more sinister...that possibly Bush was spying on a reporter with Middle East name/accent...GASP!!
So many of the MSM reporters are traitors it makes a lot of sense.