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CIA emails to journalists don't have to be released to public, judge rules
McClatchy ^ | 30 Apr 18 | Tim Johnson - tjohnson@mcclatchydc.com

Posted on 05/01/2018 3:29:28 AM PDT by SkyPilot

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To: sphinx

That’s not the Star of David. The Star is six-sided this is five.


41 posted on 05/01/2018 5:29:57 AM PDT by The Deplorable Miss Lemon (If illegals are here to do the jobs Americans won't do why are so many illegals on welfare?)
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To: exDemMom

On May 21, 1998, McMahon was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.


42 posted on 05/01/2018 5:44:50 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: sphinx

No. It’s the aliens.


43 posted on 05/01/2018 5:49:33 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: SkyPilot

Wow, the CIA is above the law domestically. We are in trouble.

I knew we were in trouble when Panetta stepped in to Deep Swamp the CIA.


44 posted on 05/01/2018 5:52:46 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: SkyPilot

So I am guessing the supreme court is getting this one. It seems that Obama weaponized the courts as well as the IRS, DOJ and FBI. My understanding is that the CIA has no rights and that it should be acting with strict restraints by all three branches of government, and even the fourth estate.


45 posted on 05/01/2018 6:02:07 AM PDT by poinq
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To: SkyPilot

can divulge classified information to selected reporters in emails
= = =

IN EMAILS

That’s a leak right there.


46 posted on 05/01/2018 6:05:52 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (You know that I am full of /S)
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To: SkyPilot

The media is part of the Deep State,IMHO.. Woluld only make sense that a dirty robed wearing hippy judge would make this ruling. It’s all coming to a boil folks.


47 posted on 05/01/2018 6:10:03 AM PDT by MGunny
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To: SkyPilot

The CIA director is authorized independently to leak classified information?

Somehow I doubt that is true. It cannot be independent. That would undermine the very underpinnings of an elected government.


48 posted on 05/01/2018 6:12:30 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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To: SkyPilot

A Bubba appointee....


49 posted on 05/01/2018 6:19:39 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! Oathkeeper)
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To: sphinx

FR is really turning into another twitter.

A post concerning a threat to our republic turns into a lengthy twitter about a cartoon.

Why is the discussion not about the question: How can information released to journalists not be public information and therefore not available to anyone who asks for it?

This ruling to could be interpreted to mean that even government officials, such as congressmen, could be denied the information simply because the CIA did not wish for them to have it.

Or put simply...when is public information not public?

If the judge had ruled that the source of information could be divulged in some cases but not in others, it would be understandable. Even that position would need to apply to all who asked for it.

But ruling that information is classified to some in the public domain but not to others is off the wall and is no doubt headed to the supreme court.


50 posted on 05/01/2018 6:25:02 AM PDT by old curmudgeon (There is no situation so terrible, so disgraceful, that the federal government can not make worse)
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To: sphinx

That’s a pentagram, not the Star of David.


51 posted on 05/01/2018 7:00:32 AM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority STILL Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: blackdog

“A court rules it is ok for us intelligence officials to leak classified information? Am I just stupid or confused?”

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Neither. You get it. That is exactly what is happening, along with concealing the evidence. The judiciary is weighing in on the side of sedition. But then, they were the first to pervert the Constitution.


52 posted on 05/01/2018 7:04:18 AM PDT by Psalm 144 ("For all I know, our Navy was shooting at whales out there." - LBJ)
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To: blackdog
A court rules it is ok for us intelligence officials to leak classified information? Am I just stupid or confused?

Even worse, they leak fake crap and then the FBI launches criminal investigations based on it.

53 posted on 05/01/2018 7:06:36 AM PDT by IamConservative (Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.)
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To: sphinx

“But where are the Illuminati, the Rosicrucians, the Masons, and the alien from National Enquirer?”

Attending classes on how to WITHHOLD EVIDENCE,ask Trick questions to incriminate innocent subjects of perjury taught by Mueller, his assistants and Rod Rosensteins wife ?


54 posted on 05/01/2018 7:10:27 AM PDT by litehaus (A memory toooo long.............)
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To: old curmudgeon

Great post @50 and you are correct.

We have seen some bizarre stuff within our government recently. Look what Comey did as director of FBI - the assumption of authority not granted by law or precedent. How can we survive a country where bureaucrats and agencies can refuse to turn over information to legislators or the President? We also have judges who are making decisions far beyond their authority - a single person can subvert the authority of the President or the will of congress.

This is dangerous and it is not how our system works no matter who is in power. An agency of government, an agency head, nor a single judge, should never be able to subvert the constitutional authority of the legislature (re-write a law as Comey did), the judiciary (interpret the law as Comey did and ignore other laws), or the President (make a decision for the executive branch as Comey did). On top of that, they should not be able to refuse to disclose their work product to congress or their boss.

This is a dangerous direction we have headed where elections will not mean much. The very definition of a “deep state.”


55 posted on 05/01/2018 7:29:49 AM PDT by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: ptsal

This judge is something else in ruling the CIA can break the law.

LOL! Naming Juan Williams as one of the nations most influential journalists is laughable, he’s no journalist, he’s a dork.

Saw him last night on Ingraham Angle and he was supporting Michelle Wolf and her filthy routine, again I say DORK.

Laura was beside herself and finally cut him off.


56 posted on 05/01/2018 8:02:48 AM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: SkyPilot; ransomnote; Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; ...

hmmm... methinks the protection of Brennan and Clapper is in the wind..


57 posted on 05/01/2018 8:11:26 AM PDT by bitt (Back when we had CHILD CONTROL we really didn't need GUN CONTROL)
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To: bitt

can the POTUS order them released ?


58 posted on 05/01/2018 8:24:51 AM PDT by stylin19a (Best.Election.of.All-Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: bitt

good point I hope not.

it looks like the barrack hussein bin soetoro transformation of amerikka has made lyin legal??


59 posted on 05/01/2018 8:27:24 AM PDT by thinden
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To: SkyPilot

Why would a judge rule that the CIA has First Amendment protection? And it also sounds like the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and The Washington Post are part of the CIA.


60 posted on 05/01/2018 9:14:42 AM PDT by Faith Presses On (Above all, politics should serve the Great Commission, "preparing the way for the Lord.")
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