BREAKING Justice Department admits spying on AP. Another middle finger to the Constitution by Obama Admin.

Another piss has been taken on the Constitution by Obummer and friends. The Justice department has admitted spying on AP, including communications between journalists and confidential sources. Just another example of Eric Holder over stepping the Constitution.



"The records obtained by the Justice Department listed incoming and outgoing calls, and the duration of each call, for the work and personal phone numbers of individual reporters, general AP office numbers in New York, Washington and Hartford, Conn., and the main number for AP reporters in the House of Representatives press gallery, according to attorneys for the AP…

…In a letter of protest sent to Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday, AP President and Chief Executive Officer Gary Pruitt said the government sought and obtained information far beyond anything that could be justified by any specific investigation. He demanded the return of the phone records and destruction of all copies.

“There can be no possible justification for such an overbroad collection of the telephone communications of The Associated Press and its reporters. These records potentially reveal communications with confidential sources across all of the newsgathering activities undertaken by the AP during a two-month period, provide a road map to AP’s newsgathering operations, and disclose information about AP’s activities and operations that the government has no conceivable right to know,” Pruitt said"--
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Last Edited by UTownTrash on 05/13/2013 06:15 PM