13 Journalists Criticizing Obama for Wiretapping Journalists Digital | May 13th, 2013
News just broke that the Obama administration’s Justice Department has been secretly obtaining phone records of AP reporters:
And besides the executives of the Associated Press…
AP exec: “no possible justification for such an overbroad collection of the telephone communications of” AP. bit.ly/YFs8sl
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlakeWP) May 13, 2013
…Here are 13 mainstream media reporters who are rightfully outraged about the AP scandal:
RT: @richarddeitsch: Outrageous. MT @ap Justice Dept. secretly obtains AP journalists’ phone records: apne.ws/15GBzx9
— Luke Russert (@LukeRussert) May 13, 2013
What the hell?? MT @mlcalderone Breaking: Justice Dept secretly obtained two months of AP journalists’ phone records bit.ly/13Vzlpo
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) May 13, 2013
Obama schmoozing w Justin Timberlake &Jessica Biel at NYC fundraiser, while his DoJ snoops on reporters & his IRS targets tea party orgs.
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) May 13, 2013
Eric Holder, call you office. preferably with a phone you’re not already monitoring
— john r stanton (@dcbigjohn) May 13, 2013
Do I have to start using burners for my work calls? Sheesh.
— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) May 13, 2013
Did Justice think the P in AP stood for “patriot”? Too soon?
— Karen Tumulty(@ktumulty) May 13, 2013
Dear House lawmakers & aides: If you see a SnapChat request from me this week, it’s totally legit.
— Derek Wallbank (@dwallbank) May 13, 2013
Can’t OFA fix this with some blast emails and web ads?
— Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) May 13, 2013
All kidding aside, this is a seriously chilling story. Where else is the govt trampling? bigstory.ap.org/article/govt-o…
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) May 13, 2013
“Because we value the freedom of the press …”bit.ly/15GJTx1#Orwell
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) May 13, 2013
Justice Hugo Black in Pentagon Papers case: “The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.”
— Jack Gillum (@jackgillum) May 13, 2013
WH adopting bold new YOLO approach to damage control
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) May 13, 2013
THEORY: Gene Sperling just wanted to see if anyone at the AP had Bob Woodward’s phone number.
— Brett LoGiurato (@BrettLoGiurato) May 13, 2013
Next Obama presser, some reporter will need to ask a 10-part question. “And about Benghazi… and the IRS… and spying on the AP…”
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) May 13, 2013
