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Catherine Herridge Posts Important Update on CBS' Seizure of Her Files
Red State ^ | By Nick Arama | 9:50 PM on February 22, 2024

Posted on 02/23/2024 4:52:40 AM PST by Red Badger

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To: bert

depends on her contract & who bought the computer


41 posted on 02/23/2024 5:37:38 AM PST by conservativesister (.)
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To: bert
The source ID’s are now lost in the shuffle. She apparently failed to keep them secret.

They apparent failure is own her.

Lost in the shuffle?

They weren't lost in the shuffle. They were targeted by CBS. You don't know if she kept them behind a user password or not. So to blame her for an outrageous and possibly illegal confiscation is ridiculous.

Blaming Catherine for the loss of privileged source identities is like blaming a bank for keeping cash in the vault when it is robbed.

42 posted on 02/23/2024 5:37:49 AM PST by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a closed mind will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: Red Badger

Funny you should mention AI.

SAG-Aftra has really sold out the rank-and-file when it comes to AI.

Weird how that happens, don’cha think...


43 posted on 02/23/2024 5:38:43 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: Red Badger

Agreed..and better post they are not suicidal and stay below the 3rd floor in any building


44 posted on 02/23/2024 5:39:51 AM PST by pangaea6
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To: Red Badger

The MSM will have to be brought down and reconstructed. As they are they cannot be trusted.


45 posted on 02/23/2024 5:41:30 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: bk1000

We’ll need the republic back first.


46 posted on 02/23/2024 5:42:18 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Yeah, I never understood why she left Fox, at the time, and went to CBS.

I thought she did some great work at Fox, and that her work would get buried at CBS.

Maybe she could collaborate with Tucker or Shapiro or even Glenn Beck.


47 posted on 02/23/2024 5:42:43 AM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: Red Badger
If I were to give advice to Herridge:

Stay in contact with sources that are tied to certain sensitive topics, such as the 2017 story where she refused to give up her source.
If that source(s) suffers a mishap such as Vince Foster or Ron Brown, then you know how they were found out.

A case could be made that CBS is an accessory, along with any executives/employees cooperating in handing over the sources.

That in itself is a HUGE story. At least one media network couldn't be relied upon to report on it. And it probably wouldn't get mentioned on MSNBC or CNN.

And then there is the question of a broadcasting license.....

48 posted on 02/23/2024 5:42:52 AM PST by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: conservativesister
While source identities are not protected under federal law, most states have shield laws to protect them.

40 out of 50 states (New York is one of them) have shield laws that offer varying degrees of protection to journalists from being compelled to disclose confidential sources. These laws typically require courts to weigh the competing interests of protecting the identity of the source and the need for the information in a legal proceeding.

The 10 states without shield laws are Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming.

49 posted on 02/23/2024 5:47:25 AM PST by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a closed mind will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: Red Badger

I would very surprised if she didn’t have a backup of all her information on a thumb drive or portable hard drive, she probably has more than one backup of everything, the bad part is CBS and the Biden Administration getting their hands on whose leaking information to her


50 posted on 02/23/2024 5:49:08 AM PST by srmanuel
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

The nail was when the democratic party took the election from the voters and installed a dementia patient into the oval office.. BUT.. the reason we lost that fight.. the republicans in congress would do nothing to stop the seizure. Both parties let their jealousy and envy and their power to control the whole shebang. . and hate toward Trump, overrule what was right.... they could have said NO .. they sat and did nothing.. and let it happen... just like the other commie countries..


51 posted on 02/23/2024 5:51:46 AM PST by frnewsjunkie
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To: Red Badger

“Her ‘sources’ are hers, not CBS’s..”

Possibly, unless her contract has some other exclusion.

I have turned down 2 job offers in my life after going through the process. Until I read the employment contract. Both times it was because of an intellectual property clause, that they owned any thing I created while in their employment.

I told them NO. And explained why.

It was pretty late in my work career before I had a contract. Worked for privately held companies.


52 posted on 02/23/2024 5:52:02 AM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: bert

I was reading and waiting for someone to say this.

Yes, her files belong to CBS.

They were produced while employed by CBS and any wages, salary or compensation paid to her while creating the files/records means CBS bought them as they were created.

CBS simply took possession of what they owned. I learned this the hard way at a job.

I’m not saying I agree with this, but it’s how it works. And the comments others made as to what or how the information might be used could be valid.


53 posted on 02/23/2024 5:53:49 AM PST by redfreedom (Joseph Stalin: "It does not mater how anyone votes, how votes are counted is what matters.")
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To: Tench_Coxe

Excellent comment.


54 posted on 02/23/2024 5:54:16 AM PST by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a closed mind will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: Texas Fossil

I worked for a company once that had an intellectual property clause that basically said “ANYTHING YOU INVENT WHILE EMPLOYED, NO MATTER WHAT, IS OURS.”

Even if it had absolutely nothing to do with their business......................


55 posted on 02/23/2024 5:55:14 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: TiGuy22

It really doesn’t matter if they give the files back, the damage has been done and the feds now have the names of all the people that communicated with her! They will now begin their threats and intimidation.


56 posted on 02/23/2024 5:55:22 AM PST by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: RoosterRedux; bert

Herridge is a smart woman, I am guessing she encrypted her sensitive files.

She may have encrypted her entire hard drive.

I would have in her position.

It won’t stop them, but it would. Slow them down.

Most likely the computer is in the hands of the FBI by now.

They have software that will crack any encryption available to the public. It is only a matter of time.


57 posted on 02/23/2024 6:00:30 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Red Badger

Yep, I once worked for a company like that. Even my technology thoughts at home they could claim belonged to them. After taking the job I almost immediately started looking for another one.


58 posted on 02/23/2024 6:03:16 AM PST by Reily (!!)
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To: bert

What was seized was not her “work product”, as you put it. The seizures contained sources and methods - the work product would be the final report/broadcast.


59 posted on 02/23/2024 6:03:36 AM PST by Spacetrucker (George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
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To: Pontiac
I'm hoping she didn't keep her source IDs on her laptop. As you say, she's a smart cookie and knows what can happen better than anyone.

As an aside, I keep all my passwords under lock and key and they are so encrypted (by gibberish) that most of the time even I can't figure them out.

60 posted on 02/23/2024 6:10:41 AM PST by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a closed mind will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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