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In reply to the discussion: The AP desperately needs to get its shit together and start existing in the 21st Century… [View all]red dog 1
(27,820 posts)IMO, this is a classic example of making "a mountain out of a molehill."
I like George Clooney; and I like Amal Clooney as well.
.I admire her for her courage in representing unpopular clients such as Julian Assange and the Al-Jazeera journalist recently convicted & sentenced in Egypt.
She is, indeed, a human rights lawyer, a former teacher at Columbia School of Law and was appointed to several United Nations commissions
She's not merely "George Clooney's wife"..and AP did make a mistake in that Tweet which referred to her as merely "actor's wife"....but so what?
It was a TWEET, for God's sake.
A few months ago, AP discovered that the FBI was "operating a small air force with scores of low-flying planes across the country carrying video and, at times, cell phone surveillance technology -- all hidden behind fictitious companies that are fronts for the government."
AP was the news organization that broke this important story; and to this day is the only news organization that seems at all interested it it.
THE FBI IS SECRETLY SPYING ON AMERICANS FROM AIRCRAFT FLYING OVER U.S. CITIES AND TOWNS..also THE FBI HAS SET UP DUMMY CORPORATIONS TO HIDE THIS FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE..
Now THAT is an important story, and it was AP that broke the story.
"The FBI is operating a small air force to spy on Americans"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141108012
From AP's story on the FBI's secret surveillance air force:
"The FBI asked AP not to disclose the names of the fake companies it uncovered saying that would saddle taxpayers with the expense of creating new cover companies to shield the government's involvement, and could endanger the planes and integrity of the surveillance missions.
The AP declined the FBI's request because the companies' names -- as well as common addresses linked to the Justice Department -- are listed on public documents and in government databases."
Well done, AP!