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Originally posted by Carreau
reply to post by Indigo5
If phone records, wiretaps, and tracking of movements were for the discovery of the leakers and not to punish/attack the reporters than where are the arrests?
Completely ignoring my third question in my post did not escape my notice either. I'll wait your response to that question before I say anything else.
Originally posted by flobot
What if this reporter was legitimately involved in illegal activities? Being part of the "press" doesn't give you the go ahead to break laws.
Originally posted by flobot
If he was stealing or an active participant of sneaking classified information out of government agencies...then he should be "targeted" and investigated.
Originally posted by flobot
If a source comes to you with information and you report on it, that is one thing. If you are an active participant in leaking confidential information, that is an entire other matter. Espionage doesn't have to from another country.
Originally posted by Carreau
reply to post by Indigo5
I submit that since no one in the government has been arrested, charged, fired, punished, or identified as the leaker the object was to target reporters.
probale cause to believe that the reporter has committed or is commiting a violation of 793(d) as an aider or abbettor or co-conspirator, to which the materials relate.
Whoever, lawfully having possession of, access to, control over, or being entrusted with any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, or note relating to the national defense, or information relating to the national defense which information the possessor has reason to believe could be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation, willfully communicates, delivers, transmits or causes to be communicated, delivered, or transmitted or attempts to communicate, deliver, transmit or cause to be communicated, delivered or transmitted the same to any person not entitled to receive it, or willfully retains the same and fails to deliver it on demand to the officer or employee of the United States entitled to receive it; or
They used security badge access records to track the reporter’s comings and goings from the State Department,
They traced the timing of his calls with a State Department security adviser suspected of sharing the classified report. They obtained a search warrant for the reporter’s personal e-mails.
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
a legitimate News Organization
Originally posted by HauntWok
reply to post by Wrabbit2000
Let's look at what you posted from your link:
They used security badge access records to track the reporter’s comings and goings from the State Department,
Where's the scandal here? You betcha your comings and goings are tracked when you go to a government building. You have no right to expect that be privileged information.
They traced the timing of his calls with a State Department security adviser suspected of sharing the classified report. They obtained a search warrant for the reporter’s personal e-mails.
Leaked classified reports, and they obtained a search warrant.
Where's the scandal?
When you enter a government building, your comings and goings are monitored. They have access to this information and they can use it if illegal things are going on.
This isn't a scandal, this is due diligence under the law.
Originally posted by HauntWok
[Where's the scandal here?
This is my point.
America doesn't have ANY legitimate new organization as far as I can tell. It's all insular, xenophobic, nationalistic propaganda of one flavour or another.
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
If it's the FBI it's based in..Well, after all I read about Waco, Texas? My respect for the Texas Rangers went up measurably. My respect for the FBI went into the toilet with a big plop. Their house has needed cleaned out for quite some time, IMO.