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Obama DOJ formally accuses journalist in leak case of committing crimes
Guardian UK ^

Posted on 05/20/2013 6:54:21 AM PDT by Perdogg

It is now well known that the Obama justice department has prosecuted more government leakers under the 1917 Espionage Act than all prior administrations combined - in fact, double the number of all such prior prosecutions. But as last week's controversy over the DOJ's pursuit of the phone records of AP reporters illustrated, this obsessive fixation in defense of secrecy also targets, and severely damages, journalists specifically and the newsgathering process in general.

(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: ap; bhodoj; espionageact; fox; foxnews; govtabuse; jamesrosen; obamedia; rosen; tyranny
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To: BuckeyeTexan

Thank you for the corrections.


81 posted on 05/20/2013 10:21:20 AM PDT by lonevoice (Today I broke my personal record for most consecutive days lived)
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To: Perdogg
This is Obama’s Reichstag fire.

CA....

82 posted on 05/20/2013 10:25:29 AM PDT by Chances Are (Seems I've found that silly grin again....)
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To: MinuteGal

Everyday it’s something. First it was the gal in Houston who was harrassed because of her Tea Party and True to Vote associations. Now this. I also see where the Fast and Furious Whistle blower was smeared.

I think this is the tip of the ice berg folks. It might explain why the MSM has not touched Obama because they’ve been afraid to do so.

I think the WORST is yet to come on this. We haven’t heard anything from Petreaus who may have the most to say here.


83 posted on 05/20/2013 10:38:47 AM PDT by nikos1121
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Btt


84 posted on 05/20/2013 10:40:27 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then.)
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To: sickoflibs

” Seems like the MSM should be picking up the ball and running with this one.

To get the surveillance Justice dept said the reporter broke the law yet no charges brought against him, since he did nothing illegal to charge him with. “

One would think so


85 posted on 05/20/2013 10:50:20 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker
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To: GOPJ
RE :”In the long run, democrats be shown for what they are - and people will turn away from them with disgust... Because of our cultural traditions we’ll get rid of this crop of liberal thugs, but it’ll be closer than comfortable...”

Our cultural traditions?? Ours?/

Here in Maryland its the Third world nations Balkins, designed that way (past decade or so, NYC went that way first) for Dems to gain and keep power.

Neighbors only talk to neighbors who are from their own country(usually in their own language), while their kids learn ‘civics’ Obama style from the public schools.

Most of them are two parent hetrosexual parents as in thie own countries, yet we got gay marriage re-affirmed at the polls last year.

86 posted on 05/20/2013 10:52:31 AM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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To: Old Sarge

You’re right Sarge.

Obama’s thugs will use this - give it to their boys at the New York Times. They’ll spin an ‘equivalency’. Look for ‘60 Minutes’ to explore the issue too - with lots of confidential information gleamed from classified sources? (that won’t be looked into by Holder)

Something has to feed the meme.

Have you seen this yet? Its wonderful:

The Battling Boys of Benghazi
(Author unknown)

We’re the Battling Boys of Benghazi,
no fame, no glory, no paparazzi,
Just a fiery death in a blazing hell,
defending the country we loved so well.

It wasn’t our job, but we answered the call,
fought to the consulate, and scaled the wall.
We pulled twenty countrymen from the jaws of fate,
led them to safety, and stood at the gate.

Just the two of us, and foes by the score,
but we stood fast, to bar the door,
Three calls for reinforcement, but all were denied,
so we fought and we fought, and we fought till we died.

We gave our all for our Uncle Sam,
but Barack Obama didn’t give a damn.
Just two dead SEAL’s, who carried the load,
no thanks to us — we were just “bumps in the road.”


87 posted on 05/20/2013 11:01:35 AM PDT by GOPJ (It's Gotten So Bad for Obama Fox News Changed Its Slogan to "See. I Told You So!"- Leno)
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To: longtermmemmory
The whole DOJ snooping story is an intentional leak designed to intimidate.

Likewise, a Republican fundraiser caller to Rush this morning said the IRS story was drying up funds. Rush saying the IRS story was deliberately leaked by Sarah Ingram (the former person in charge of approving tax-exempt organizations and the new IRS head of Obamacare) as a way to intimidate future donors because the donor then would likely face an audit.

88 posted on 05/20/2013 11:19:00 AM PDT by CedarDave
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To: lonevoice

You’re welcome.


89 posted on 05/20/2013 11:28:23 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: Perdogg

Gee, you would think if journalistas were being targeted that they would dig deep, uncover some facts and expose the Obastard.

They either have too much tied up in the socialist takeover or they are receiving death threats.

Power of the pen, indeed.


90 posted on 05/20/2013 11:58:38 AM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: a fool in paradise
Good point. Wouldn't surprise me at all if 0bama was BEHIND WIKILEAKS as part of his overall mission to discredit and undermine our international standing.

Americans need to realize that the evil, spoiled, narcissistic and sociopathic liar in the White House is out to completely destroy America. And YES he absolutely would sponsor leaks on such a horrifically large scale as Wikileaks, using one of his low ranking gay friends to do it (Pvt. Manning).

91 posted on 05/20/2013 1:41:31 PM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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To: Perdogg; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; ...

Thanks Perdogg.
...the Obama justice department has prosecuted more government leakers under the 1917 Espionage Act than all prior administrations combined - in fact, double the number of all such prior prosecutions.
Jumbo Shrimp / Obama Justice Dep't ping.


92 posted on 05/20/2013 4:39:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: piasa

Interesting, thanks! By coincidence I’m currently reading Rosen’s biography of Watergate figure John Mitchell.


93 posted on 05/20/2013 7:14:44 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Perdogg; servo1969; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Liz

Evidently, Holder’s vile and evil DOJ thugs like U.S. Attorney for Arizona Dennis Burke, leaked info to smear another opponent:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3021683/posts

Breaking - Report: DOJ Leaked Docs to Smear Fast & Furious Whistleblower, Says IG
breitbart.com/Big-Government ^ | 5-20-2013 | Matthew Boyle

Posted on Monday, May 20, 2013 10:18:23 AM by servo1969

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General published a new report Monday that confirms former U.S. Attorney for Arizona Dennis Burke leaked a document intended to smear Operation Fast and Furious scandal whistleblower John Dodson.

The DOJ IG said it found “Burke’s conduct in disclosing the Dodson memorandum to be inappropriate for a Department employee and wholly unbefitting a U.S. Attorney.”

“We are referring to OPR our finding that Burke violated Department policy in disclosing the Dodson memorandum to a member of the media for a determination of whether Burke’s conduct violated the Rules of Professional Conduct for the state bars in which Burke is a member,” the IG wrote.

Burke resigned from his post as U.S. Attorney over the incident in August 2011, the first major Department of Justice official to leave his or her post in the Fast and Furious scandal. He said after the fact, in interviews with congressional investigators, that he now views leaking the document as a “mistake.”

In addition to Burke’s involvement in leaking the document, emails the IG uncovered show senior officials at the Department of Justice discussed smearing Dodson.


94 posted on 05/21/2013 7:12:42 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ('How empty and dead' were they to let Chris Stevens, one of them , die for 'Obama-Clinton fiction?')
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To: Grampa Dave; stephenjohnbanker; GOPJ
The Chi/mobsters in the WH got their con game down pat---these are practiced con artists---they oozed out of the much and mire of Chicago criminal politics and known every trick in the book.

Clearly, they surf the net to see what buzzwords conservatives are using to describe Ohaha---they then cunningly formulate their strategy based on our buzzwords.

Thus Rosen is tagged as treasonous for merely doing his job---while Ohaha sits untouched atop a pile of treasonus scandals.

95 posted on 05/21/2013 7:25:39 AM PDT by Liz (To learn who rules over you, determine who you are not allowed to criticize. Voltaire)
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To: Liz; Grampa Dave; stephenjohnbanker; GOPJ

” Clearly, they surf the net to see what buzzwords conservatives are using to describe Ohaha-—they then cunningly formulate their strategy based on our buzzwords. “

Criminal politics is their life’s work, and yes they are masters at it. If one practices criminal behavior 24/7 for many years, one is bound to get quite good at it.


96 posted on 05/21/2013 10:06:58 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker
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To: Liz; stephenjohnbanker

They not only read our comments for ‘buzzwords’ they read them to make the fake letters they send out (pretending to be us) sound more realistic. Liberals are thugs in the old style...


97 posted on 05/21/2013 10:42:09 AM PDT by GOPJ (It's Gotten So Bad for Obama Fox News Changed Its Slogan to "See. I Told You So!"- Leno)
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To: GOPJ

Indeed.


98 posted on 05/21/2013 10:48:32 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker
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To: Grampa Dave
Thanks for the ping.

Saw something on this on the afternoon news.

99 posted on 05/21/2013 5:53:44 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Persevero

Enslaving Americans would be costly. If tyrants don’t get tax money, how would they afford to enslave anyone?

Not to mention the psychology. (Who’d mess with a significant number of people bold enough to quit paying?)


100 posted on 05/23/2013 9:16:24 AM PDT by HomeAtLast
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