Feds allegedly spied on New York Times reporter to find intel. leak

[babsbunny]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/25/feds-allegedly-spied-on-new-york-times-reporter-to-find-intel-leak/

By David Edwards
Friday, February 25th, 2011 -- 12:37 pm

A reporter for the New York Times claims that federal investigators harassed him by obtaining his personal bank records, travel records and information about his phone calls while trying to find the source of an intelligence leak.

In his 2006 book, "State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration," author and New York Times reporter James Risen describes a CIA effort to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions by secretly providing them with faulty blueprints. In the end, a Russian defector working for the CIA exposed the plot.

Risen was subpoenaed twice to testify about his sources. The first grand jury was was dissolved before he could be forced to testify. For reasons that have not been revealed, US District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema quashed the second subpoena last year.

[Octafish]

1. So THIS is America?

In the old America, we had this thing called the Constitution. In it, We the People were in charge.

Thanks for the heads-up, babsbunny. My only thing with Risen, he didn't go far enough. Maybe a nice lawsuit, in open court, would explain why. Then, again...