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But this happens all the time. Pornographer Larry Flynt blackmailed Congress during the Clinton Impeachment by openly declaring on a radio show that his detectives found Congress members having affairs and if Clinton was removed from office, he would reveal them.

Speaker Gingrich refused to allow testimony in the Judiciary Committee from Juanita Broadrick or anything major related to Filegate, Chinagate, Travelgate, etc. Only Monica-related was pushed to the prosecutor's astonishment. (Sellout: The Inside Story of President Clinton's Impeachment by David P. Schippers & Alan P. Henry) What was wrong with Newt?

Later Newt Gingrich resigned as it came out he was having an affair with a staffer.

Acting Speaker Livingston took over and immediately had to resign due to multiple affairs which he did when Maxine Waters and some other female liberal Congresswomen actually hissed accusations at him on the House floor when he was speaking - like snakes. He couldn't take it. Next was Dennis Hastert and we all know now that he had plenty to be blackmailed about. President Clinton was not removed from office.

Open blackmail in action. In this case, I called the FBI after Flynt's statement and actually got through to an agent who talked to me. I asked him if that wasn't a blackmail crime. He basically said that because Flynt was a publisher and it was politically related it wasn't a crime. Same goes for CNN as far as I can see. They get to do crimes you or I would be arrested for because they are media and it's political.

Good and informative post!

We will see how it plays out.

I don’t see this particular case as political- they are dissing CNN itself not any political issue, and CNN threatened him in return.

I know it can also be argued the other way, but what political issue does this edited video address? none that I can see.

But this happens all the time. Pornographer Larry Flynt blackmailed Congress during the Clinton Impeachment by openly declaring on a radio show that his detectives found Congress members having affairs and if Clinton was removed from office, he would reveal them.

Public officials do not have the privacy protections of ordinary citizens.

Open blackmail in action. In this case, I called the FBI after Flynt's statement and actually got through to an agent who talked to me. I asked him if that wasn't a blackmail crime. He basically said that because Flynt was a publisher and it was politically related it wasn't a crime. Same goes for CNN as far as I can see. They get to do crimes you or I would be arrested for because they are media and it's political.

You can threaten to expose public officials. You cannot threaten to expose private citizens.