Perfect Catch-22 situation - no way to win while staying within the "system".
The media is part of the system. Imagine a congressman standing on the house floor saying he has docs proving NSA spies on Americans. The next day it would be in the news. The day after that there would be questions about the allegations and the day after that, questions about the congressman. Pretty soon FR would be one of the few places the topic was discussed and some posters would say that the congressman is a RINO, good riddance.