'A New Level of Secrecy and Control': Jill Abramson on the Obama White House

[Antares]

"The Obama years are a benchmark for a new level of secrecy and control," says Abramson. "It's created quite a challenging atmosphere for The New York Times, and for some of the best reporters in my newsroom who cover national security issues in Washington."

Abramson says that the administration's criminal leak investigations have presented large obstacles to news coverage.

"There have been seven of them, and one of them right now threatens my colleague James Risen who has been subpoenaed in one of these cases," she says. "Collectively, they have really, I think, put a chill on reporting about national security issues in Washington."

Those that are covering national security, according to Abramson, say that is has never been more difficult to get information.


'A New Level of Secrecy and Control': Jill Abramson on the Obama White House - The Takeaway

The man in the White House is even more paranoid than Nixon was.

 

[natstew]

A woman with courage. I salute her!

Obama is a tyrant.

 

[longknife]

But, I'm confused!

Didn't a certain candidate promise us that, if elected, his administration would be the most open in the history of the USA?

You have to misunderstood the original article. This can't be.