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Report:
Obama’s Spying On The Press Was Far More Extensive Than Previously Thought
Obama’s Spying On The Press Was Far More Extensive Than Previously Thought
Report: Obama’s Spying On The Press Was Far More Extensive Than Previously Thought
24 May 19 ~ By John Merline
President Trump might be openly hostile to the mainstream media, but it was the Obama administration that was engaged in a widespread effort to thwart the media. Which do you think is more harmful to a free press?
The full extent of Obama’s actions against the press are only now coming to light.... The Columbia Journalism Review reports on a newly released government document showing that the Obama Justice Department engaged in a far more sweeping effort to spy on the Associated Press than previously believed.
“In 2013, the Justice Department launched a brazen attack on press freedom,” the CJR notes, “issuing sweeping subpoenas for the phone records of The Associated Press and several of its reporters and editors as part of a leak investigation. At the time, the subpoenas were widely seen as a massive intrusion into newsgathering operations. Last month, we learned that they told only part of the story.” The spying came in the wake of the AP’s reporting on a thwarted Yemen-based bomb plot, which contained classified information about the CIA operation. Months later, the AP learned that the DOJ had vacuumed up two-months of phone records on 21 different lines trying to find the leaker.
Obama repeatedly barred Fox reporters from events. At one point, it named Fox News reporter James Rosen as a “co-conspirator” in a leak case being pursued under the Espionage Act. Obama’s communications director Anita Dunn said the White House treated Fox News “the way we would treat an opponent.”
So why has the press saved all its ire for Trump, who has — despite his words — been far friendlier to the press in his deeds than Obama? One can only speculate.
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Bath House Barry, The Messiah, The Chosen One was fawned over by the press, with tingles down the leg.
The MSM continues to be this nations' most evil adversary as they continue to ruin D.J.T. and promote everything destructive to the goodness of the nation.
Both the press and the teacher's union(s) are made up of young, left indoctrinated (ala public school) "idealists" and are essentially stupid. "The powers that be" are the real enemies, but that does not let the press and teachers off the hook. Everything for their mental health is available for free, they just are not encouraged to go look, read and heal themselves.
Obama’s success in no scandals during his administration was due to his weaponization of the agencies, prosecuting whistle blowers, spying on the press, and controlling the press.
Fortunately, the truth often comes out, which is why I believe Obama has decided to stay in DC: he didn’t expect Trump would win and allow the truth to come out. So he stayed there to work on keeping the facts from the public. And the funny part of this, is the more the investigate Trump, the more it shows Obama, his administration and their corruption.
ALL dictators and those that presume to be, set up EXTENSIVE surveillance on their own citizens. Obama’s actions don’t surprise me at all. What surprises me is that whenever MORE and MORE proof of Democrat duplicity, sedition and treason is uncovered the media is SHOCKED anew! As though it’s some revelation!
None so blind as those that WON'T see.
