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Justice Department obtained records of Fox News journalist

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And a little more fuel to the fire. I do think the Justice dept has bit off more than it can chew. (least I hope so)


Justice Department obtained records of Fox News journalist

The Justice Department obtained a portfolio of information about a Fox News correspondent's conversations and visits as part of an investigation into a possible leak, The Washington Post reported Monday -- in the latest example of the government seizing records of journalists.

This follows the charge that the department secretly obtained two months of phone records from Associated Press journalists as part of a separate leak probe. The department in this case, though, went a step further, as an FBI agent reportedly claimed there's evidence the journalist in question -- Fox News' James Rosen -- broke the law "at the very least, either as an aider, abettor and/or co-conspirator."

That detail would potentially send the case into unprecedented territory. No reporter has been prosecuted for seeking information. Such cases often target the suspected leaker, but not the journalist who published sensitive or classified information.

Michael Clemente, Fox News' executive vice president of news, defended Rosen in a statement issued Monday afternoon.

"We are outraged to learn today that James Rosen was named a criminal co-conspirator for simply doing his job as a reporter," Clemente said. "In fact, it is downright chilling. We will unequivocally defend his right to operate as a member of what up until now has always been a free press."

The case has also caught the attention of Congress. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said in a statement Monday he was "very concerned" about the reports of "possible criminal prosecution for doing what appears to be normal news-gathering protected by the First Amendment."

more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/20/justice-department-obtained-records-fox-news-journalist/
 

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Guess we don't have a thread dedicated to the AP fiasco ...so I'll add this here.


Move on to What?

"Already, officials that would normally talk to us, and people we talk to in the normal course of newsgathering are already saying to us that they’re a little reluctant to talk to us. They fear that they will be monitored by the government…It’s not hypothetical, we’re actually seeing impact already.”

-- Gary Pruitt, president of the Associated Press, on “Face the Nation.”

How does an administration move on from scandals that are still unfolding?

The answer: Not very effectively.

President Obama and his team tried last week to shift the focus to “middle-class jobs” and this week is working to talk about counterterrorism and national security with a big policy speech dealing with the old vogue topic of drones.

But not even robot killing machines in the sky will be able to distract the press and public, unless of course the president is announcing that the IRS field office in Cincinnati was equipped with drones to buzz the offices of the Lubbock Tea Party.

His second-term agenda was already mostly toast before Scandalmania hit town and the political focus was quickly shifting to next year’s midterm elections and, in related news, the aggravations of implementing Obama’s 2010 health law. Unless the president is ready to start bombing Iran, Syria or North Korea, there isn’t much for him to turn the discussion to.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/20/move-on-to-what/
 

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Judge Napolitano on this subject:


The naming of a journalist as a possible co-conspirator in a criminal case of leaked classified information is "chilling," Judge Andrew Napolitano says.

"The Supreme Court has ruled that when the government makes it difficult for you to do your job as a journalist by scaring off your sources or watching your every move, that’s called 'chilling.'" Napolitano said Monday on Fox News Channel. "Chilling is a constitutional phrase meaning the government hasn't directly silenced me, but it's made it more difficult for me to speak."

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Fox News correspondent James Rosen was named a possible co-conspirator in a Justice Department affidavit, it was learned Monday. His personal emails were searched as part of the investigation.

Napolitano, a former New Jersey Superior Court judge and analyst for Fox News Channel, said it was not a crime for a journalist to ask for, receive, or publish classified information. Nothing in the affadavit claims Rosen did anything more than what journalists are legally allowed to do as part of their jobs, he said.

"James, like all of us who are professionals in this business, have an absolute, constitutionally protected right to seek news of material interest to the public wherever that news may be," Napolitano said.

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