Posted on 05/26/2013 7:15:23 PM PDT by Perdogg
The “tonight’s news” referred to by The New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza comes via the New York Times:
Wow, tonight's news dramatically escalates the war between DOJ and Fox. Somebody is not telling the whole truth.— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 27, 2013
News Corporation said on Sunday that it had no record of being notified by the Justice Department nearly three years ago of a subpoena for the telephone records of a reporter at its Fox News cable channel [James Rosen].
The company’s chief legal counsel at the time also said that he had never seen material from the government related to the subpoena.
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Lawrence A. Jacobs, who was News Corporation’s chief legal officer until he left in June 2011, said he never saw a notification about the phone records.
“I would have remembered getting a fax from the Justice Department,” Mr. Jacobs said in an interview Sunday. “These are not the kinds of things that happen every day.”
(Excerpt) Read more at twitchy.com ...
No, they have no record either!
I thought the same thing!
This is confusing!
It’s a mess alright. Some FoxNews official stated they had rec’d notice. This was yesterday.
Somebody might be introducing reasonable doubt for the DOJ. Or News Corp is lying. Or the FoxNews official from Saturday is lying....
A huge mess!
The list, Ping
Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list
Yep.
Well, nobody notified me... so there you have it.
I though DOJ had already explained that they had to keep the warrant secret because it involved not only past communications but also potentially years of future communications.
Why would the notify Fox?
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That’s my recollection as well. They got a judge to allow them to withhold the normal notification.
If so then there’s no story here. If not then it’s a big deal.
This is not a bombshell. It is business as usual. When will the people realize we are lost. The tyrants and big gubmint have taken over and don’t give a damn about us.
That’s why important document are sent certified mail returned receipt requested. Unless they have a signature from a FOX emplyee of substance there is no proof in a court of law that it was ever sent
No documentation. No proof
Somebody might be introducing reasonable doubt for the DOJ. Or News Corp is lying. Or the FoxNews official from Saturday is lying....
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Was the FoxNews “official from Saturday” Juan Williams? He lies a lot.
There are records at Fox and at Justice if notice was sent. I believe that the notice to Fox is in the same drawer as the Holder recusal letter. That would be the drawer where Holder keeps his blank stationary, because at this point neither one exists.
I hope they do a better job on this than the forgery they id on the long form.
Source?
Wasn’t that the judge who was apologizing last week for signing the initial authorization order?
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I think it was Judge Lamberth. But I’m not sure if he signed the original order. In fact I’m pretty sure he didn’t. He overruled the judge who signed it and allowed Justice to withhold the Rosen notification.
All the DOJ press spying gives me a renewed interest in this fella...
http://www.mediaite.com/online/gawkers-fox-news-mole-reveals-himself-as-associate-producer-suspended-with-pay/
Unnamed source at Fox, naturally.
Note to self: remember to take a Pepcid before the hot dog picnic tomorrow......
oops....wrong thread. Sorry, LOL
I’m suddenly baffled as well.
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