Society of Professional Journalists president condemns government’s seizure of AP phone records!!!

[Logical]

INDIANAPOLIS — Society of Professional Journalists President Sonny Albarado condemned the government's unwarranted intrusion into The Associated Press' news operation.

"The Justice Department's secret acquisition of two months of the business and personal phone records of AP's reporters and other employees is shameful and outrageous," Albarado said.

"Attorney General Holder and President Obama have once again shown by their actions that their words about transparency and government openness are hollow," said Albarado, city editor at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock.

"I shudder to think that, if it hadn't been for the DOJ's supposedly 'strict' rules for acquiring evidence from news organizations, AP might not have ever learned about this administration's assault on its First Amendment rights.

"This incident proves once again the need for a federal Shield Law. Prosecutors, unlike reporters, have subpoena power to compel testimony, yet lazy prosecutors often prefer to go after reporters' notes and records rather than do the hard investigative work to dig out information without trampling on the First Amendment."

More At: http://www.spj.org/news.asp?REF=1180

[Tx4obama]

1. I do believe it the REPUBLICANS were the ones that insisted the leaker be sought out and found

I am sick and tired of all of the assholes always trying to pin all the blame on President Obama all of the time.

[shraby]

3. That's my understanding also, TX4

[Warpy]

2. Do they realize the subpoena was issued by a grand jury

and wasn't one of those hurry-up FISA things?

While I hate the appearance of this being a fishing trip, I have to wonder what the grand jury was privy to.