Posted on 05/27/2013 7:29:15 AM PDT by cotton1706
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday proposed a new bipartisan “Gang of Eight” to draft a bill to create guidelines for future investigations of media leaks by the government.
“I proposed along with [Sen.] Lindsey Graham [R-S.C.], we’ll be announcing that we have four Democrats, four Republicans, another Gang of Eight,” said Schumer on CBS’s Face the Nation. “I love these gangs of eight I guess.”
Schumer said the bipartisan group will “introduce “legislation that sets up rules where… if the government wants to go to a member of the press and say you have to divulge your sources and certain information, they first have to go to a judge, and that judge will impose a balancing test [and say] ‘which is more important? The government desire to… find out who leaked the information or the robust freedom of the press.’”
The announcement comes as the Department of Justice (DOJ) has been under fire for searching a Fox News reporter’s phone calls and private emails to trace the source of a leak in the State Department. In a separate leak probe, the DOJ secretly seized months of phone records from Associated Press employees.
Schumer said the recent DOJ controversies highlighted the need to have rules in place for future leak investigations.
“If we can set up these rules, I think we’ll avoid the morass,” he said. “You always need set rules and an independent arbiter. You have neither now.”
Schumer said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) assured him that the bill would be brought to the floor of the upper chamber quickly for a vote.
Earlier this month, in response to criticism over the DOJ, the White House asked Schumer to reintroduce a media shield law.
That bill would allow media groups to challenge subpoenas of phone records and offer additional protections for confidential sources.
And Senator Graham, who always cares so much about "process" is, of course, going along.
Schumer is the mastermind behind this crap of always going around regular order to get legislation into law. He does not like legislation being created in the light of day. Witness the immigration bill. They cobbled it together in secret, then voted down any amendment that wasn't to their liking that would have changed what they had already decided on in their gang of eight, secret committee.
These guys all got to go. If they believe that all legislation needs be drafted out of public view, how about we put them all in some abandoned coal mine and let them vote down there in secret and away from DC.
Schumer is a leftist wolf. He stalks the RINO herd looking for the mentally and morally weak.
no more of this communist Gang of Eight bull
BRAVO!! He really caught a live one when it came to Rub[e]io. At least he proved the Rube is someone we shouldn't support in the 2016 pubbie primaries.
One of the first things we heard was O say I told you we needed a reporters shield law. Thus, the media will back off and support him no matter what.
But this is a way to possibly protect what will be termed “legitimate media”, and screw bloggers, and other “outlyers” such as FOX which WH has officially described as not a legitimate media outlet (Anita Dunn).
The USA, R.I.P.
Welcome to the USSA, comrades. Don’t question it.
Our Dear Leaders know what is best.
ANYTHING with Schumer is Gestapo.
Schumer said the bipartisan group will “introduce “legislation that sets up rules where… if the government wants to go to a member of the press and say you have to divulge your sources and certain information, they first have to go to a judge, and that judge will impose a balancing test [and say] ‘which is more important? The government desire to… find out who leaked the information or the robust freedom of the press.
Isn't this what they allegedly did anyway? Well besides naming Rosen as a criminal co-conspirator.
Gangs of Eight
Czars
Secret Subpoenas
No Knock Warrants
Community Lockdowns
Forced Healthcare Insurance
Oppressive Regulation and Suppression of Firearms Ownership
Disintegration of our Sovereignty via Amnesty
We are a Constitutional Republic In Name Only. A sham. We trade in bananas now.
Gang of Eight should be the “Capitol Hill Gangbangers”. The first named republican should be “Gangbang McCain” or simply “McBanger”.
To: pissant “$292 million in forfeiture in the case.” The indictment also seeks $292 million in forfeiture against Nemazee. In addition, the indictment identifies Nemazee’s interest in the following assets as subject to forfeiture: five real properties, 16 corporate entities and one hedge fund, 14 securities accounts, 32 bank accounts, a 2008 Maserati Quattroporte, and a 2007 Cessna aircraft. “For more than ten years, Hassan Nemazee projected the illusion of wealth, stealing more than $290 million so that he could lead a lavish lifestyle and play the part of heavyweight political fundraiser,” said U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara who is, ironically, a former top aide of another major recipient of Nemazee’s lucre, Senator Chuck Schumer. “Today’s indictment exposes the sheer brazenness of Nemazee’s schemes and marks the end of his decade of deception.” ---------http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0909/Feds_Clinton_donor_made_contributions_from_Ponzi_scheme_proceeds.html 76 posted on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 12:51:00 PM by thouworm
1995 - FEBRUARY 2002 : (CHUCK SCHUMER ACCEPTS $386,000 FROM THE “ACCOUNTING INDUSTRY” IN THIS PERIOD-—— See ACCOUNTING FIRM ARTHUR ANDERSEN) Schumer has taken $386,000 from the accounting industry since 1995, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. —————”Chuck Had Gone To Bat for Backer (ENRON),” New York Daily News ^ | 2/04/02 | KENNETH R. BAZINET
1998 : (ENRON BACKS CHUCK SCHUMER IN HIS SENATE CAMPAIGN TO OUST ALFONSE D’AMATO -— See KEN LAY, CAP AND TRADE/CARBON CREDITS/GLOBAL WARMING SCAM) (Senator, D-NY )Schumer sits on two Senate committees — Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, as well as Energy and Natural Resources — that will play a key role in the investigations of Enron [SEE CARBON CREDITS. CAP N TRADE, GORE, CLINTON] and Arthur Andersen. Watchdog groups, Senate sources and letters obtained by The News indicate Schumer has worked on initiatives backed by both companies. * Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer of New York was one of the top beneficiaries of Enron’s political donations - Source: Fortune Magazine
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Enron backed Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) in his successful 1998 campaign to oust Republican Sen. Alfonse D’Amato. Schumer’s views on electricity deregulation dovetailed closely with Enron’s. ——Source: Washington Post
Two years later Schumer, who has advocated deregulation as a way of reducing New York state’s high power costs, co-authored a bill to restructure electricity markets along lines favored by Enron. ——Source: Washington Post
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Yes, that would be Achtgruppe...
Exactly! And the name implies a distinct communistic character! I suggest the members of these "gangs" be retired to supermax gulags, along with their communist master.
SEPTEMBER 2005 : (REPORT : DEMOCRAT SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER AIDES - ONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GROUP "MEDIA MATTERS"- SPIED ON MD GOV MICHAEL STEELE BY IMPERSONATING HIM TO GET HIS CREDIT REPORTS, ETC ---- see ) Talk about having no agenda... Was there any other point to getting their hands on Lt. Governor Steele's credit report other than to find dirt?
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether two Democratic Party researchers in Washington illegally obtained the credit report of Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele as they conducted opposition research on the likely Republican Senate candidate. Phil Singer, a spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, acknowledged yesterday that two of his organization's employees had resigned as a result of the episode, which he said was subsequently referred to the U.S. attorney's office by the Democratic committee. ...Think the DSCC's [Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee] motives had something to do with this?
The DSCC, the arm of the Democratic Party tasked with promoting Senate candidates, declined to disclose the names of the employees involved. But sources with knowledge of the episode identified them as Katie Barge, the committee's former research director, and Lauren Weiner, an employee who had been researching Steele even before he formed an exploratory committee for Senate in June.
Steele has been heavily courted to run for Senate by national GOP leaders and is expected to give the party its best shot at a Senate seat in years.The New York Post reveals that the two researchers are on Chuck Schumer's staff...
Two staffers on a Democratic political committee headed by Sen. Chuck Schumer are being investigated by the FBI for an alleged dirty trick — getting a Republican candidate's credit report illegally, officials confirmed yesterday. "We are investigating the matter jointly with the FBI," said a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington. Phil Singer, a spokesman for the Schumer-headed Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, said two staffers were instantly suspended — with pay — in July after admitting they obtained the credit report of Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, who is running for Senate.Since July? It's near the end of September, and Schumer has known all this time, and hasn't said a word? Meanwhile his staffers were awarded with a paid vacation?
UPDATE: The real irony here is the fact that Chuck Schumer has been very interested in the issue of identity theft...
UPDATE: Destroying evidence?
------------ http://www.noagenda.org/2005/09/steele_credit_report.php http://www.noagenda.org/2005/09/steele_credit_report.php Illegal Activities Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:50:27 -0500 ****************
SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 : () Wall Street has showered nearly $11 million on the Senate since the beginning of the year, and more than 15 percent of it has gone to a single senator: Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York. Schumer’s $1.65 million take from the financial services industry is nearly twice that of any other senator’s — and more than five times what the industry gave to any single Republican senator.(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...-—— “Wall Street money rains on Chuck Schumer,” Politico ^ | Sept. 28, 2009 | VICTORIA MCGRANE & LISA LERER Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 7:58:11 AM by AtlasStalled
I’m sure Sparky Rubio will be the first one on board!
The term makes you sound like hard line Communists.
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