Fake flowers and the pretend White House press corps

[Valin]

Washington Examiner:

Hugh Hewitt

5/28/13

 

Here is what Attorney General Eric Holder testified to when, while under oath, he was asked about the Department of Justice's investigations of journalists and national security leaks:

 

"In regard to potential prosecution of the press for the disclosure of material: This is not something I've ever been involved in, heard of, or would think would be a wise policy."

NBC investigative reporter Michael Issikof has reported that the attorney general signed the application for the warrant authorizing surveillance of Fox News reporter James Rosen and that the warrant application included an affidavit from an FBI agent who asserted "[t]here is probable cause to believe that the reporter has committed a violation" of the Espionage Act "at the very least, either as an aider, abettor and/or co-conspirator of Mr. Kim."

 

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Memo to the White House press corps: At the next semiannual, six-question press conference, someone should ask the president if, when he "raised these issues with the attorney general," the president already knew the details of the Rosen case, whether the AG told him then and there, or if the AG kept him in the dark.

 

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When the mainstream media start doing their job again, the public will defend them. Until then, not so much.